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Achaemenid Women: Power, Politics and the Parysatis Factor
While the Achaemenid Empire is often told through its kings and generals, this episode turns to the women who shaped its politics, succession, and daily life. Hosts Lucas and Luna explore the surprising influence of royal women like Parysatis, daughter of Artaxerxes I, who orchestrated family assassinations from behind the palace walls. They discuss the economic power of the queen mother and royal wives as recorded in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, where women commanded vast estates and their own seal impressions. The episode also touches on the harem archives at Persepolis, the role…
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