After Cyrus the Persian Empire was shaky. Darius extended Persian Empire to its farthest reach such as all way into Macedon. The Persian Empire decided to attack Athenians that Athenians knew about the Persian army and their tactics. Xerxes started to attack other country such as Persian and he was successful. Athenians get power but not more than Persian Empire.
Persian Empire was came down by Alexander the Great .
Alexander,s army crossed the Cilician Gates,met and defeated the main Persian army under the command of Darius at the Battle of Issus in 33 BC. Darius was forced to run away the battle after his army broke,and in doing so left behind his wife , his two daughters , his mother and a fabulous amount of treasure. He offered a peace treaty to Alexander at a later , and he invite Alexander to Persian. Alexander replied that since he was now king of the Asia , It was he alone who decided territorial divisions.
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I love the painting of Alexander the Great you posted. It looks as if the artist modeled the face after the sculpture.
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