Darius wished to concentrate as much of that power as possible in one place to overwhelm Alexander’s much smaller force. We cannot know the exact numbers of the Persian army as our sources tend ...

Sisygambis, Darius’ mother, came to love Alexander ... what is now known as Afghanistan (Roxana), and buffered his army with Persian soldiers — would surely have approved of.

A rare 2,500-year-old inscription, bearing the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, was found in southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said. The inscription, which was ...