achaemenids

If Persian under Xerxes conquer Greece can Philip II and Alexander the Great still rise as rebel satraps, unite Greece and conquer Persia by Creating phalanx as Achaemenid macedonia had autonomy create armies and wage wars will they be more successful without disunity among Greece under...

What Achaemenid Persia transiotioned into a democracy with a constitution like Roman Republic and meritocratic bureaucracy voting rights to all Free males persian by descent of Persus(fars of today) as said by Otanes after Bardyia is overthrown and before darius is king just assume thing...

What if any Persian Empire from achaemenids to qajars onquered India or atleast the gangetic plain How would this affect Indian and Iranian history

What if Cyrus the Younger survived the Battle of Cunaxa and overthrew his older brother Artaxerxes II? He had administrative experience thanks to his stint as satrap of Lydia, and, most famously, had ten thousand Greek mercenaries in his army, one of whom was Xenophon. What would he be like as...

In October 539 BC, when Cyrus the Great conquered the Neo-Babylonian empire, he faced surprisingly little resistance, for which various explanations have been found, suggesting the unpopularity the favoritism the previous Babylonian monarch Nabonidus had for the god Sin over Babylon's...

Now that I've got your attention out to say, but this happened IOTL! I am not talking about the actual Byzantine Empire and the Macedonian dynasty, but it occurred to me today just how many parallels that a hypothetical Macedonian Empire under a Philip II that survived assassination would have...

In 499 BC, when the Ionian revolt flared up, Aristagoras, tyrant of Miletus and instigator of the rebellion, traveled to mainland Greece to seek support for the rebellion. While Cleomenes I was initially convinced to intervene and invade the heart of Persia, according to Herodotus at least, he...

Heraclea Pontica was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Bythnia, near the river Lycus, founded by Megara in 560-558 BC, near the Black Sea, and was named after the place where it was believed Heracles entered into the underworld through a cave. The colonists quickly subjugated the native...

The Battle of Gaugamela in many ways sealed the fate of Achaemenid rule in the western part of the empire and Mesopotamia, there was still a slim chance of survival. Alexander was approaching Parsa(Persepolis) itself, and the homeland of the Achaemenids. There wouldn't be the kind of submission...

Around the period of 366-360 BC, there was a general rebellion of satraps in the Achaemenid Empire, that engulfed much of Asia Minor and spilled over into other parts of the empire. Is it possible for the western portion of the Achaemenid Empire to be completely lost if the rebellion goes...

In 334 BC, during the battle of the Granicus River, Alexander almost got killed. While his companions were engaging the Persian cavalry on the right bank, he got into an intense cavalry fight with some of the nobles and satraps, and was stunned by an axe-blow by Rhoesaces, the satrap of Ionia...

In 522 BC, Cambyses II, after subjugating Egypt and campaigning further against Cyrene, Kush, and the Ethiopian polities, traveled back upon receiving news that an impostor known as Gaumata claiming to be Bardiya, Cambyses' brother was claiming the title of King of Kings, but suffered a dagger...

Technically it's not "Pyrrhic" because Pyrrhus isn't even born yet and will probably be butterflied away with this POD, but what would be the implications if Alexander the Great still won at Gaugamela, but instead of having his army relatively intact, he suffers heavy casualties due to the left...

In 332 BC, after dealing the Achaemenids a drastic defeat at the Battle of Issus, Alexander the Great went south, to receive the submission of many Phoenician cities and to deny the Achaemenid navy a base of operations. Instead of pursuing Darius III, he traveled down the coast, with most cities...

In 338 BC, Artaxerxes III, one of the most successful King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire in its later years, was poisoned by his vizier, a eunuch named Bagoas, along with much of his family. Bagoas subsequently raised Artaxerxes IV, one of the youngest sons of Artaxerxes III, on the throne...

In 480 BR (OOC: I'm using an ATL calendar), the Hakhamanishiya (OOC:Achaemenids), returned to conquer Hellas after a failed punitive expedition against Atina (OOC:Athens). The Hellenic coalition, after a failed attempt to slow down the invasion at the Thermopylae pass, fought the Parsai navy at...

In 330 BC, after the disastrous defeat at Gaugamela, Darius III fled into the mountainous regions of Media, entrusting the defence of Parsa to the satrap Ariobarzanes, who failed to stop Alexander the Great despite putting up valiant resistance. A group of conspirators led by Bessus, satrap of...

In 333 BC, Alexander the Great battled the Achaemenid King of Kings Darius III at the battle of Issus. The battle initally went relatively poorly for the Macedonians, with both the left flank and the center pushed back, but the Hypastpists managed to break through the Kardakes infantry on the...

So let’s say that Alexander either never exists or never conquers the Achaemenid Empire. Maybe he dies at the Granicus River, or gets hit by a stray sling bullet at Gaza. Either way, the Achaemenid Empire survives intact. However, the Achaemenids had to deal with jealous satraps, disloyal...

In 513 BC, Darius I the Great, King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, embarked on a campaign in Scythia after stabilizing his empire and instituting several economic, military, and administrative reforms. The Scythians were a nomadic people, and forced Darius to endlessly chase them across...