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The year of the three Emperors in an Achaemenid way. Within the span of one year (424-423 BCE) three Persian kings (Xerxes II, Sogdianus, Darius II) followed one another. A messy entanglement of Palace intrigues and familial feuds led up to that result.

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2020-03-08

Atusa or Atossa was Queen of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the daughter of Cyrus, the Great and a half-sister of Cambyses II.
She later married Darius the Great and gave birth to Xerxes the Great

just found this- different picture from present scene?

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2019-11-22

Decisive battles in History - The Battle of Gaugamela 

The Battle of Gaugamela was the decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

https://t.co/z7ejlDe9EO .

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2019-10-31

Let's see how twitter chooses to crop this random Achaemenid + horsie

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2019-10-03

Naqsh-e Rustam, where the legacy of Darius & his family is still alive. Among the first to see traces of paint was F. Houssay (1860-1920). Read "#Color and in Architecture & Sculpture" (2013) Images: Colleagues in Iran & me. -an https://t.co/Xm1omf5brY

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2019-09-06

So... drow characters huh... 👀💦 I hadn't figured out where the drow fit into my campaign setting until recently so, here is Sahbal (they/them). My drow (at least these drow) are inspired quite a bit by the Ancient Egyptians and Achaemenid Persians.

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2019-07-09

Achaemenid silver cup, 6th-5th century BC.https://t.co/3hVIr4lEp2 Medelhavsmuseet

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2016-04-23

Achaemenid gold medallion, 6th-5th century BC https://t.co/HU95WkiCZf Brooklyn Museum

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2016-01-07

Achaemenid gold ornament 5th century BC http://t.co/syXjjWPusi Christie's

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2015-10-08

Achaemenid Dynasty silver bull, 5th-3rdc BC http://t.co/45CPpkVUJ2 Habib Sabet collection

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2015-09-13

Achaemenid silver cup 6-5 th centuries BC.

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2015-06-16