Herodotus's History Xerxes addresses the Persians: "I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . While at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . March an army through Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father." —Herodotus The Persian Wars, Book VII What was Xerxes planning to do? a. colonize Northern Africa c. unite the Greek city-states b. conquer Greece d. build an acropolis