Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial ... Ardashir reigned for nearly two decades and brought a new vision to the empire. He began to centralize ...

Darius I was laid to rest here, along with later Persian kings. Two centuries after the founding of the Persian Empire, it is believed the tombs were looted by troops of Alexander the Great.

Translated by Ali Katebi from English, “The Ottoman Empire” and “Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire” have been published by the Elmi Farhangi Publications in Tehran, ILNA reported. The Ottoman Empire ...

His reign was short-lived, however; soon after becoming king he was assassinated in 522 B.C. by a Persian noble named Darius, who subsequently took the throne. The Achaemenid Empire then reached ...

For nearly two ... Persian rule and crowned Pharaoh. The victory at Issus also paved the way for his legendary triumph at ...

Any visitor to the spectacular ruins of Persepolis - the site of the ceremonial capital of the ancient Persian Achaemenid empire ... by the Greeks during two ill-fated invasions of Greece ...

In two new books ... ROME AND PERSIA: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry, by Adrian Goldsworthy PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age, by Tom Holland The Roman Empire, an enormous multiethnic ...