Persian Empire

Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King

By Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Alexander III of Macedon is perhaps one of the most notorious figures to come out of the ancient world, for better or worse. Born in Pella in 356 BCE to the King Philip II, it seemed destined that Alexander the Great follow in the family business of military

Written on April 14, 2022 at 10:31 am, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Darius III, empire, Great Warrior, Macedonia, Persian Empire, Philip II

Was Cyrus the Great TRULY Great?

Founder of the Persian Empire: Brute or chosen by God? Cyrus the Great was one of the most influential figures in history. A mid-life revolutionary, in the sixth century BC Cyrus founded the Persian Empire, the largest empire known to man at the time. But wait a second… I hear you cry… I thought Classical

Written on August 19, 2021 at 7:45 am, by plato

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Categories: Enemies

Tags: Cyrus the Great, Persian Empire, Stephen Dando-Collins, Symposium

Xerxes: King of Kings

By Katherine Smyth, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In an age of heroes and gods, when priests in lofty temples decided people’s fates, there ruled a king who challenged the might of both the Egyptian and Greek empires. The grandson of Cyrus the Great, Xerxes became King, son of Queen Atossa and King Darius I, but

Written on November 22, 2019 at 10:30 am, by Katherine Smyth

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Tags: Darius 1, Greco-Persian war, Persia, Persian Empire, Persian invasion of Greece, Xerxes

Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King

By Jocelyn Hitchcock, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Alexander III of Macedon is perhaps one of the most notorious figures to come out of the ancient world, for better or worse. Born in Pella in 356 BCE to the King Philip II, it seemed destined that Alexander the Great follow in the family business of military

Written on April 10, 2019 at 7:06 am, by Jocelyn Hitchcock

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Darius III, empire, Great Warrior, Macedonia, Persian Empire, Philip II

Pick your Poison

The AK-47 of the Ancient Near East By Cam Rea The Scythian bow was the AK-47 of the Ancient Near East and the weapon of choice to dominate the battlefield. Even though the bow was uniquely designed to deliver the utmost damage, the arrow itself was even nastier! Scythians created their arrowheads for maximum penetration

Written on June 29, 2018 at 6:31 pm, by Cam Rea

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Categories: Enemies

Tags: Ancient Technology, Ancient Warfare, Artifacts, Bows, Cam Rae, Persian Empire, Scythian bow, Scythians