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