Among the most influential works ever written on the history of ancient Iran, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire by Pierre Briant stands as a monumental achievement in historical scholarship. First published in French as Histoire de l’Empire Perse: De Cyrus à Alexandre and later translated into English by Peter T. Daniels, this 1,200-page volume reshaped modern understanding of the Achaemenid Empire—the first great Persian Empire ...