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Royal Idealism in the Achaemenid Persian Empire and Its Iconographic Reflections in Anatolia

The Persians, who established an empire in the mid-sixth century BCE, came to control a vast portion of the ancient world. Centered in Iran, this imperial formation was governed by the Achaemenid dynasty. Although the Achaemenids adhered to Zoroastrian religious traditions, they...