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[Spartans] the 'hot gates' are kai-ghe in protoindoeuropean or the asiatic inverse form ghe-kai which is phonetically similar to Xerses (ghe-kai). Is there a reason the hot gates might bare Xerses name?

by /u/Valianttheywere in /r/AskHistorians

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