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How did the destruction of Persepolis affect the city after Alexander's conquest?
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Persepolis
Ruins of the royal Achaemenid residence at Persepolis, Iran.
Following the conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE, during which he plundered the city and burned the palace of Xerxes I, Persepolis experienced a gradual decline.1
Despite the destruction, the city remained the capital of Persis as a province within the Macedonian empire as late as 316 BCE. Over time, however, its status diminished under the Seleucid kingdom and subsequent periods. While the site continued to hold historical and cultural significance—evidenced by later Sasanian kings adding their own sculptures and inscriptions to the ruins—the center of regional government and importance eventually shifted to the nearby city of Istakhr.1