The Fall of Achaemenid Persia: Darius III and Alexander, 336–330 BC | Calm Bedtime History
In the summer of 336 BC, a new Persian king took the throne after a sequence of murders at the royal court. Six years later, Darius III was dying beside a retreating wagon near Hecatompylos, while Alexander's army moved through the palaces and treasuries of the empire he had inherited.
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