Persepolis

Persepolis (-is, fem.) (lingua Persica تخت جمشيد, Tacht-e Dszamszid?, id est 'Thronus Dszamszidis') fuit antiqua urbs et caput rituale Persidis. Aevo antiquo Persepolis erat caput Imperii Achaemenidarum (c. 550–330 a.C.n.). Anno 330 iussu Alexandri regis incendio deleta est. Anno 1979, ruina Persepolis tablam Patrimoni totius mundi regista est. Bibliographia Ernst E Herzfeld, A New Inscription of Xerxes from Persepolis. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization vol. 5. Chicagine, 1932 Textus Erich F Schmidt, Persepolis I: Structures, Reliefs, Inscriptions. Oriental Institute Publications vol. 68. 1953 Textus Erich F Schmidt, Persepolis II: Contents of the Treasury and Other Discoveries. Oriental Institute Publications vol. 69. 1957 Textus Erich F Schmidt, Persepolis III: The Royal Tombs and Other Monuments. Oriental Institute Publications vol. 70. 1970 Textus Erich F Schmidt, The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians. Oriental Institute Communications vol. 21. 1939 Textus A. Shapur Shahbazi, "Persepolis" in Encyclopaedia Iranica Online Nexus externi