The ancient city of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire featuring the Apadana Palace and the Gate of All Nations, was sacked and burned in 330 BCE by the troops of:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Alexander the Great
- Step 1: After capturing Babylon and Susa, Alexander the Great marched on the Achaemenid capital Persepolis in modern-day Iran.
- Step 2: Following months of occupation, Alexander's forces looted the city and burned the grand timber-roofed palaces to the ground, traditionally viewed as retribution for the Persian burning of the Acropolis of Athens in 480 BCE.
Answer
Alexander the Great
Why not the others: 'Julius Caesar' Julius Caesar campaigned in Gaul, Britain, and Egypt three centuries later, never reaching Persepolis; 'Cyrus the Great' Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE and built his capital at Pasargadae, not destroyed Persepolis; 'Scipio Africanus' Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who destroyed Carthage, with no connection to Persia.
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