Darius, the Persian Emperor

Darius dies before he can even march on egypt. His son, xerxes, takes the reins and picks up where his old man left off. Xerxes continues to build up this colossal persian army in readiness for the invasion of greece. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of blokes are made ready for war. But Darius never sees the ionian revolt revenged. He never gets his chance to go after athens or their greek allies. They unite to lick their wounds. And the defeated dariushe emperor, the persian emperor is determined to raise an even bigger force than before. It's because he bloody died before he ever got the chance to i mean