Império Persa: Como o Colosso de Três Continentes Foi Derrubado por um Jovem de 25 Anos

In 331 BC, a 25-year-old entered Persepolis—the ceremonial capital of the greatest empire the world had ever known—and ordered it to be consumed by flames. 220 years of power, 46 nations under a single throne, accumulated riches from three continents. All vanished in a single night. This documentary tells the complete story of the Persian Empire: how it arose, how it became an unprecedented colossus, and why, at the height of its glory, it crumbled. You will meet Cyrus the Great, the founder who united entire peoples under a vision of tolerance that astonished the ancient world; Darius, the brilliant administrator who built roads, created a postal system, and organized the first truly global empire in history; and Xerxes, the king of kings who launched against Greece the largest army the ancient world had ever seen. From the staircases of Persepolis to the walls of Babylon, from the satrapies of India to the sands of Egypt, this is the journey of a civilization that invented the very idea of ​​empire. But every rise carries the seeds of its own decline. Palace intrigues, treasures that corrupted generations, revolts in distant provinces, and finally, the encounter with an adversary no one could have foreseen: Alexander the Great. How was an empire of millions overcome by such a small army? What really happened that night in Persepolis? And why does the Persian legacy remain alive today, hidden in the words we use, the roads we travel, and the ideas about government that have shaped the modern world?