In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III. Here, ...
Preface to the English-language edition -- Translator's note -- Introduction: Between remembering and forgetting -- Part I. The impossible biography -- A shadow among his own -- Darius past and ...
As Persia weakened under Darius III, a young Macedonian king crossed into Asia and changed history forever. This chapter traces how internal decay, decisive battles, and the destruction of Persepolis ...