002: Prelude - Achaemenid Persia

Wonderfully weird Herodotus, advanced imperial administration and the question of decadence are all spoken about in this episode on the Achaemenid Persian Empire. iTunes: (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-2-prelude-achaemenid-persia/id1377920930?i=1000410295785) SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/user-103425037/episode-2-the-age-of-alexander-achaemenid-persia) Stitcher: (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hellenistic-age-podcast) Website: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2019/08/28/002-prelude-achaemenid-persia/) Twitter: (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) 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