How did King Xerxes die?
How did King Xerxes die? In August 465 BC, Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard and the most powerful official in the Persian court, assassinated Xerxes with the help of a eunuch, Aspamitres. After Artaxerxes discovered the murder, he killed Artabanus and his sons. How did the Persians punish people? Being thrown to wild beasts, stoning, impaling and boiling in oil were other methods of ancient capital punishment. Perhaps the Persians were the most creative. They came up with a penalty that included the accused being forced to eat milk and honey which was then smeared all over his...