Cyrus the Great Darius
Zoroaster
Cambyses
Leonidas
He was the Spartan king who prevented
the Persians from crossing Thermopylae
before the Greeks could escape.
He divided the empire inte provinces,
with a satrap overseeing each province.
He led a revolt against the Medes and
expanded the Persian Empire from
the Aegean Sea to the Indus River valley.
He conquered Egypt, and he died on his
way to stop a rebellion.