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When did Persepolis decline after the fall of the Achaemenid Empire?
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Persepolis
Ruins of the royal Achaemenid residence at Persepolis, Iran.
Following the fall of the Achaemenid Empire, the decline of Persepolis occurred gradually. In 330 BCE, Alexander the Great plundered the city and burned the palace of Xerxes I. Despite this destruction, the city remained the capital of the province of Persis under the Macedonian empire as late as 316 BCE. Thereafter, the city experienced a slow decline under the Seleucid kingdom and subsequent periods.1