Xerxes Wept for a Million Men

480 BC. King Xerxes of Persia marches the largest army the ancient world had ever seen across a bridge of lashed ships spanning the Hellespont — the invasion of Greece begins. Herodotus records that Xerxes wept before his own army, remarking that in a hundred years, not one of them would still be alive. Even the ruler of the known world could not outrun that. Watch the full album:    • Voices of Antiquity | Herodotus | Gates of...   #MetalCodex #VoicesOfAntiquity #EpicMelodicDeathMetal #Herodotus #AncientGreece #Xerxes #Hellespont #PersianEmpire