Xerxes

Xerxes “How could Xerxes have lost to the Greeks when he had such overwhelming organization, logistical expertise and numbers of soldiers'” King Xerxes lost to the Greeks due to his overwhelming confidence that sheer numbers and logistical preparation would prevail. The decision to invade Greece was some what influenced by his late father’s wish to defeat the Greeks. His father previously failed twice in his attempts to punish the great city-state of Athens and had planned for a third expedition but due to his death Xerxes must have felt “obliged to carry out his father’s plans, to punish Athens for the burning of Sardis and to avenge the Persian defeat greeks, xerxes, greece, athens, strengths, punish, plans, persian, overwhelming, numbers, lost, logistical, father’s, expedition, due, defeat, battle, wish, weaponry, twice, troops, training, time, third, tactical, supremacy, superior, suit, studies, soldiers, sheer, sardis, roads, restore, previously, prevail