This is truly the Parysatis and ash room episode. Good times all round

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 13
Darius 2
This episode is about Parysatis and Cyrus and not actually Darius
After a couple of murders it's the third brothers (and his sister/wife) turn
Of course more possible fratricide is on the horizon
More ASHROOM!
More revolt
More ASHROOM

12 @rankingpersia.bsky.social
Sogdianus aka the reason you should kill your brothers, both as Xerxes 2 and as Sogdianus

Also don't kill the member of the conspiracy that the army likes if you want the army to like you

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 11
Xerxes 2
Interresting details about his childhood and every other Persian prince by Plato no less
Becomes king, no sweat he's the only son by a wife
Gets drunk
The end

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 10
Artexerxes
After the assassination of the previous guy what happens then?
Apparently you get told, by the actual killer, that it was your brothers plan and then you kill your brother
So puppet king? Or fearing for your life and conspiracy in the court?

@rankingpersia.bsky.social
Episode 9 Xerxes 1

So I found my notes app, maybe this will keep, maybe this is the only time I'll write this much
The empire is in order and extended into Europe, so what now?
Rebellions (plural)

Darius is a great classic of ours. Just constantly referenced by everyone and a difficult high water mark to pass established early on

It's a really good episode and so many things happen that it's basically impossible to encapsul in these messages and I'm really trying to keep them short

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 8
Another the great
Maybe because he literally rewrote history
Or maybe because he was actually great for the empire

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 7
Bardiya
God boy or extreme Schlitzohr (this is funny if you speak German, trust me on this)
Somewhat of a nothing burger if you ignore his multiple deaths and the fact that he maybe wasn't himself
Episode 8 next...

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 6
Cambyses
Pro: pretty good for the empire in terms of expansion
Con: incest, sibling murder, cat army, extreme cultural insults, general cruelty
Next up, episode 7
Nearing the beginning of @alexstandardpod.bsky.social

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 5
Our first "the great" of this whole project
The only Jewish messiah of the whole project (AFAIK)
Overall good boy - if you agreed to being ruled by him of course
Now we are really cooking with gas in Persia
Episode 6 next

I feel like that was the episode we properly got into our groove. It also helps that we had more than a single paragraph of Herodotus to go over!

@rankingpersia.bsky.social episode 4: Astyages
Prophetic Dreams!
Attempted baby murder!
Revenge cannibalism!
Epic Battel!
Betrayal!
An episode that is mostly not about the actual king
Next up, same podcast episode 5