So You Think You Can Rule Persia

Terrible news everyone, all information on Xerxes I has been lost. So, in the hopes of reconstructing his life, we have turned to the esteemed film 300 and its sequel to reconstruct the life of this king in the most *cough cough* accurate way possible. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/04/01/30-5-xerxes-i-the-snyder-cut/

Another child ruler so soon, and with an uncertain regency to boot! At least Antiochus V gets a number but he'll have to deal with the Jewish war, a potential civil war, and the ever-frustrating Romans. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/03/19/30-antiochus-v-eupator/

So he's had his nephew killed, married his sister, and usurped the throne, a strong start for a Hellenistic ruler, but can he do more? Tune in for an Egyptian war, Roman drama, and the origins of Hanukkah. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/03/12/29-antiochus-iv-epiphanes/

The death of Seleucus IV has caused a bit of a crisis in the empire. The five-year-old Antiochus is now thrust into the limelight. Will he be a good child king? Or is he just going to follow the footsteps of Alexander IV? You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/02/26/28-antiochus-the-child/ For tickets to our live event with History of Pers...

The empire is reeling from the death of Antiochus the Great and his son Seleucus now in charge. He will have to stabilize the empire from within and find foreign allies, that and deal with the Romans. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/27-seleucus-iv-philopator/ For tickets to our live event with History of Persia go to moment.co...

Everything is on fire, there's only one Seleucid left and it's eighteen-year-old Antiochus III, but he has a plan. He just needs to fight meddling regents, the East, the Ptolemies, and the West. Oh, and the Roman wolf is about to devour Carthage... You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/26-antiochus-iii-the-great/

From the smoldering ashes of the empire rises a new young dynamic king. Seleucus III has one task in mind and that is retaking Anatolia once and for all. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/25-seleucus-iii-ceraunus/

So Antiochus II left a right mess and now his three sons are going to have to figure out who gets to succeed. Follow Seleucus II as he balances the concerns of his own family with the Ptolemies while the thundering of hoofs makes itself heard in the east. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/24-seleucus-ii-callinicus/

He wasn't meant to be king in the first place but there aren't many options left so it'll have to be Antiochus II. How will he deal with the Ptolemies? Will plan a better succession than his father? Tune in to find out. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/23-antiochus-ii-theos/

After Seleucus getting so so close to a complete victory, his son Antiochus is here to pick up the pieces. Join us for a look at this new empire after the founder is gone and the first of those Syrian Wars there are so many of. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/22-antiochus-i-soter/

Everything has been collapsing since Alexander came through and there is no true heir left, now what? In comes Seleucus, last of the successors to make a name for himself. Will we have peace at last? Tune in to find out. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/21-seleucus-i-nikator/

So it's the second civil war in half a decade and one of the kings is dead. Is stability around the corner? Is a child king just what the empire needs? Tune in to find out what happens to the empire we so carefully grew over the last 400 years. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/20-alexander-iv/

Alexander is dead and now the empire is left without a successor, or is it? Find out who Philip Arrhidaeus is and how he'll deal with ambitious generals when possession of the known world is in the balance. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/12/04/19-philip-iii-arrhidaeus/

Alexander is now king of kings and ruler of Persia but he's not done yet, the ends of the Earth are still outside his grasp. Listen for unbridled ambition, an attempt at conciliation, and the dawn of a new age. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/18-alexander-the-great/

Our latest release is a statement we have prepared about the ongoing protests in Iran, we appreciate your attention The sources of information we recommend are the 1500 tasvir which can be found at https://1500tasvir.com/ and in English at @1500tasvir_en; and the Human Rights Activists News Agency which can be found in English at @HRANA_English or https://www.en-hrana.org/

Woe onto the people of Asia, a great scourge is coming and its name is Alexander! Join us for Alexander's early life all the way to his conquest of Persia as the Achaemenid Empire is reduced to rubble. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/18-alexander-the-great/

Darius III inherits an empire in a crisis of legitimacy under the thumb of a powerful puppet-master. The internal situation is worrying but at least the borders are secure...right? You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/10/30/17-darius-iii-codomannus/

The empire is back on track! Unfortunately we had a poor change in leadership last time. Let's see if Artaxerxes IV can live up to his father's name and deal with the troublesome Greeks. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/10/09/16-artaxerxes-iv-arses/

Well everything almost collapsed last time so here's hoping for something better. Artaxerxes III has risen to the throne by removing rivals in his family but will he be able to remove those further from home? You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/10/02/15-artaxerxes-iii-ochus/

Our first regular succession in a while! See how Artaxerxes II manages to start out his reign with Parysatis actively rooting against him. Join us also for meddling Greeks and more than one serious crisis for the empire You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/14-artaxerxes-ii-mnemon/

Well it's been a long succession crisis and Darius thinks he's the one to end it. Tune in to find out if he makes it, what the Greeks are up to and why Parysatis is a terrifying force of nature. You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/09/11/darius-ii-ochus/

We have a special treat for you today! In place of a King you have a Queen! You'll all love her and despair! It's Plumas! She's an actual historian and will tell us ALL about her Achaemenid thoughts. You can find her here! https://twitter.com/PlumasDeSimurgh https://www.twitch.tv/lasplumasdesimurgh https://www.instagram.com/plumasdesimurgh/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9A0WHlQOb5s8VOj63435Rg...

Well Xerxes II didn't last long... Let's see how Sogdianus does, after all, there's a whole empire to look after and plenty of opportunities. Tune in for all that and some information about women in the empire, including a certain Parysatis You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/08/28/12-sogdianus/

Welcome to the story of the other Xerxes, the one that didn't invade Greece. Join us for a look into the education of a prince and a cautionary tale about partying too hard You can find all the images on our website! https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/11-xerxes-ii/

The period known to most through Herodotus is now over and it's time to meet some interesting people while the Greeks are off doing their thing. Find out what happens in the aftermath of a palace coup and how young Artaxerxes will do what he can to hold everything together. Link to the lion hunt video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNWPKUaWJeo Link to Nobelesse Oblige https://nobelesseoblige.buz...