Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time.

Two of the gold coins found in the hoard of Persian darics uncovered at Notion, which seem to have been buried by a soldier some 2,400 years ago.

The coins reveal a tumultuous period in history In 545 BC, Achaemenid Persian Empire conquered the entire region by force.

Nearby, a Persian soldier — perhaps the one who started the toxic underground fire — suffered his own death throes, grasping desperately at his chain mail shirt as he choked.

The surprise defeat of the mighty Persian Empire in 490 B.C. began the Golden Age of Athens and the Greco-Persian wars. A well-armed Greek hoplite (right) slays a Persian soldier in a detail from ...

After King Xerxes' offer to join the Persian empire is rebuffed by Leonidas, the Persian king threatens to destroy Sparta. He grows increasingly angry as Leonidas and his soldiers fend off wave ...

TEHRAN - Recent archaeological discoveries in the ancient Lydian city of Sardis, located in the western Manisa province of Türkiye, have unearthed human remains believed to be linked to a significant ...

In two new books, the historians Adrian Goldsworthy and Tom Holland portray an empire that knew how to hold back from a fight and make room for upstarts.

Persian darics for a soldier The newly found coins are from the reign of the Persian Empire (sixth century BC to about 330 BC) and are known as Persian darics for the kneeling archer on the front ...