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It was taken over by Alexander the great by the 320s BCE. At that stage Rome was a city-state trying to establish its interests in peninsular Italy.

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Was Contantinople the capital of the Persian Empire?

No. Constantinople did not exist during the tome of the Persian Empire in the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Constantinople would eventually become the capitals of the East Roman, Byzantine, and the Ottoman Empires in succession, but was never a Persian city, even though the Persians did occupy the Bosporus Strait where Constantinople is located.


Which event took place first the Roman Empire or the Persian Empire?

The Roman empire emerged progressively, after having gained dominence of the Italian peninsula, it expanded into Sicily and Spain in the mid-3rd Century BCE and consolidated and expanded this over the following centuries, reaching its height in the 2nd Century CE. The Persian empire existed from 550 to 330 BCE. So the first is Persian Empire.


Was the Persian Empire bigger than the Roman Empire?

here are the two empires at their height: Persian: http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Images2/Maps/Achaemenid_Empire_Map.bmp Roman: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews796379533.JPG The Persian Empire is greatest in area. Whether it was bigger depends on what criteria you want to measure the two against - population, wealth etc.


How long was India part of the Persian Empire?

Northwestern India (today's Pakistan) was included in the Persian Empire in 521 BCE. By 331 BCE the Persian Empire ceased to exist after it's defeat by Alexander the Great, who continued on to India and made a failed attempt to take over India.


What was the name of the Persian Empire?

The Persian Empire.

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What empires existed in the 4th century?

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What led to the Phoenician civilizations ending?

They were first absorbed into the Persian Empire, then the Roman Empire.


Who are the three empires of the Intertestamental period?

Roman Empire, Greek Empire, and Persian Empire


Who won Persia or Rome?

The Persian empire was gone before the Roman empire became powerful.


Who conqured the Phoenicians?

They were absorbed into the Persian Empire in the east, and Carthage was absorbed into the Roman Empire in the west.


Was Contantinople the capital of the Persian Empire?

No. Constantinople did not exist during the tome of the Persian Empire in the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Constantinople would eventually become the capitals of the East Roman, Byzantine, and the Ottoman Empires in succession, but was never a Persian city, even though the Persians did occupy the Bosporus Strait where Constantinople is located.


Where did Persian empire exist?

Middle East. Persia is now called Iran.


Is the Roman empire still in Rome?

No. The Roman Empire ceased to exist in AD476. The centre of the former empire was Rome. It is the capital of Italy.


Iraq has been controlled by the Persian empire and the roman empire?

Britain - here you will find a developing story on Britain's role in Iraq: The Lost Library YT channel.


How did the Mandate of Heaven point to the fact that the Roman Empire was no longer fit to rule?

It was a Chinese concept which did not exist in the Roman Empire.


Which event took place first the Roman Empire or the Persian Empire?

The Roman empire emerged progressively, after having gained dominence of the Italian peninsula, it expanded into Sicily and Spain in the mid-3rd Century BCE and consolidated and expanded this over the following centuries, reaching its height in the 2nd Century CE. The Persian empire existed from 550 to 330 BCE. So the first is Persian Empire.


What empire reached its greatest hight as the roman empire was collapsing?

The 2nd Persian Empire, under the control of the The Sassanids.