"The Macedonians were ashamed that so renowned a city had been destroyed by their king in a drunken revel; therefore the act was taken as earnest, and they forced themselves to believe that it was right that it should be wiped out in exactly that manner."
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Cleitarchus, FGrHist. 137, F. 11 (= Athenaeus 13. 576d-e) [Cited in "Persepolis", English Wikipedia]
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Persepolis
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550ā330 BC). Persepolis is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC.
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