002: Prelude - Achaemenid Persia
Apr 30, 2018•13 min
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Episode description
Wonderfully weird Herodotus, advanced imperial administration and the question of decadence are all spoken about in this episode on the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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Sources Used:
Aristotle: The Politics
Herodotus: The Histories
Plutarch: The Life of Artaxerxes
Plutarch: Life of Agesilaus
Marc Van De Mieroop: A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC
Xenophon: Anabasis
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