amestris shahbanu
Amestris Shahbanu

Amestris Shahbanu – The tarnished reputation of King Xerxes I of the Babylonian Empire’s Queen

Amestris Shahbanu was one of the most powerful Persian Queens during the Babylonian Empire.[1] She was Queen to King Xerxes I and the mother of King Artaxerxes I. Greek historians, Herodotus and Ctesias, have portrayed her to be as a ruthless Queen who has an unquenchable thirst for blood.[2] However, modern historians believe this depiction of [read more]