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Persepolis

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Noun

1. persepolis

an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins

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Persepolis

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noun
the capital of ancient Persia in the Persian Empire and under the Seleucids: founded by Darius; sacked by Alexander the Great in 330 bc

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Persepolis

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capital of the ancient Persian Empire, near the modern city of Shiraz, Iran

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Persepolis

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An ancient city of Persia northeast of modern Shiraz in southwest Iran. It was the ceremonial capital of Darius I and his successors. Its ruins include the palaces of Darius and Xerxes and a citadel that contained the treasury looted by Alexander the Great.

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