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and brother
to Xerxes I. He was present in the
second invasion of Greece in 480 BC. According to Herodotus, he fought and died alongside his other
brother Abrocomes in the battle of
Thermopylae
in the final phase known as the "Battle of
Champions" (Tom Holland), where the Spartans
in their
last stand fought feverishly against him and the Persian force over
the retrieval of Leonidas' dead
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