Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great.
The Persian Empire stretched from Asia Minor to India, and included many conquered nations. A strong army was important to maintaining the Persian Empire's power for many reasons. Firstly, the army helped to conquer to new lands for the empire. Secondly, they helped deter any possible uprisings or revolutions among the conquered nations. Thirdly, they helped maintain the peace throughout the empire.
Being outmanoeuvred by Alexander the Great - who first slaughtered Greeks who were bolstering up the Persian army, then putting an end to the Persian fleet by occupying their bases in the Mediterranean, then capturing the Persian treasury which enabled him to pay his army, and inflicting a final land defeat of the Persian army.
He immobilised the Persian fleet, defeated the Persian army three times, grabbed their treasury to pay for his army, then reduced the outlying provinces, appointing governors to control them all.
Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great.
King Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great, then his son Cambyses, then Darius.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
Alexander's soldiers on horseback, cavalry, were a strong force. They crushed the local Persian forces, leading to the final downfall of the Persian Empire.
The strong army that Alexander defeated was the Persian Army
as the Persians mass army conquered country after country there was more land and more soldiers willing to fight for the Persian empire it continued to be like that country after country....and that is how the Persian army get large:)
King Phillip originally conquered Greece with his Macedonian army. Later when his son took over, he fought the Persian won and expanded the empire to Egypt and the edge of India.
It was their strong army
His council, his provincial governors, his army and navy, and many of the people within the Empire