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Persian Spy ObservesA Persian spy hides behind some rocks observing the Spartan troops of Leonidas before reporting back to Xerxes, his king, that the Greeks are few in number
ALCIBIADES (450 - 404 BCALCIBIADES Athenian general; though a friend of Socrates, he was dissolute in private and a traitor in his public life; assassinated by the Persians
Daniels VisionHe has a vision of four beasts coming from the sea : they represent the four monarchies of the Assyrians, the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans
Destruction of Mogul EmpThe Persians under Nadir Shah take Delhi and destroy the Mogul empire
Sacrificing a SheepThe Spartan general Pausanias sacrifices a sheep before engaging the Persians at Plataea : he wins the battle, though whether because of his sacrifice, only the gods know
Iran / Hormuz C1600From 1514 the Portuguese controlled this trading centre, constructing a citadel which was taken in 1622 by Persians aided by the English East India Company
Alexander at GranicusAlexander the Great defeats Persians on the river Granicus
Cambyses Ii / Spamer / 525BcCambyses II, ruler of the Achaemenid Persians, conquers Egypt and causes great offence by slaying the sacred Apis bull of Memphis