Dr Leonidas Miranda
Along this highway, recognized as the Royal Road, had been posted elite riders who carried messages back and forth from station to station on horseback, substantially like the pony express in the early American West. Of them, Herodotus notes “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor dark of night will retain these swift messengers from the accomplishment of their appointed rounds.” In modern day instances, these words have been utilized to describe the U.S. Wisely, then, Darius set about not attempting to conquer new territory but instead reorganized his empire into satrapies, administrative districts run by provincial governors referred to...