Persia
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Ariaramnes
Ariaramnes (Old Persian: Ariyâramna): name of the great-grandfather of the Persian king Darius I the Great. He must have ruled in the first quarter of the sixth century BCE.Ariaramnes is mentioned in the prologue of the Behistun Inscription, in which its…Ariobarzanes (1)
Ariobarzanes I (Old Persian: *Ariyabrdna): Persian nobleman, member of the Pharnacid dynasty, between 387 and 363/362 satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. Portrait…Ariobarzanes (2)
Ariobarzanes (Old Persian: *Ariyabrdna) (†330): Persian nobleman, satrap of Persis, defended the Persian gate against Alexander the Great. Portrait of an…Aristotle on Persian court life
Alexander's teacher Aristotle of Stagira wrote a short treatise On the cosmos, to Alexander. It was a brief treatise on several sciences, such as physics, meteorology, geography, theology. For more than a century, scholars have considered On the cosmos as…
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Arosis? (Marun)
Marun: river in Iran, border between Elam and Persis. The river Marun At the time of its flood, i.e., during the late…Arrian on Alexander's letter to Darius III
In November 333, Alexander defeated the Persian king Darius III Codomannus. After this battle of Issus, Darius offered to surrender half of his empire. The Macedonian king considered this not enough; the Greek author Arrian of Nicomedia describes Alexander's reply…Arrian on the death of Darius III
In the early Summer of 330, Alexander hunted down the Persian king Darius III Codomannus. His courtiers arrested, perhaps because they thought that extraditing him would guarantee their own lives, or perhaps because they wanted to choose a new, stronger…Arrian on the introduction of proskynesis
After the death of Darius III (July 330), Alexander was sole ruler of the Achaemenid Empire. He introduced the Persian court rituals to his own court, which is called proskynesis. This meant that a visitor, depending on his rank, would…Arrian on the tomb of Cyrus
In January or February 324, Alexander reached the old religious capital of Persia, Pasargadae. Here, he visited the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid empire, who had lived two centuries before. The Greek author Arrian of…Arrian on the weddings in Susa
In February 324, Alexander forced many Macedonian officers to marry to native women. If it was intended as an attempt to unite the European and Asian elites, it was a sad failure: nearly all marriages ended in divorce. The Greek…Arsames
Arsames (Old Persian: Aršâma): name of the grandfather of the Persian king Darius I the Great. He must have lived in the mid-sixth century BCE.Arsames is mentioned in the prologue of the Behistun Inscription, in which its author, Darius the Great,…