Persian Empire
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Persian empire · empire · empire of the Persians · kingdom · vast empire · whole realm
spoken of as
1 expressionempire of the Persians1 mention
Nicocles or the Cyprians (Greek)
for, in the first place, we all know that the empire of the Persians attained its great magnitude, not because of the intelligence of the population, but because they more than other peoples respect the royal office;
in the texts
For the Liberty of the Rhodians
The imperial domain associated with the Persian King.
Yet everyone knows that the Rhodians are Greeks, while Egypt is a division of the Persian Empire.
The Rights of War and Peace
Empire cited as an example of a single state divided among multiple successors.
as the body of the Persian Empire was divided among the successors of Alexander.
Nicocles or the Cyprians
The large Persian imperial polity cited as evidence for the power of respect for kingship.
for, in the first place, we all know that the empire of the Persians attained its great magnitude, not because of the intelligence of the population, but because they more than other peoples respect the royal office;
Cyropaedia
The imperial realm whose stability, administration, revenues, and security Cyrus seeks to preserve.
Thus he secured for the whole Persian empire the necessary stability;
for he decided that that would be unjust, and besides he thought that this would be destruction to his empire.
And who, besides Cyrus, ever gained an empire by conquest and even to his death was called father by the people he had subdued?