Royal Court of AchaemeniTheater of political intrigues (559- 330 BC)

Abstract

      The study dealt with the most important forces that had a strong and effective impact in the overall conspiracies and plots that were staged by the Achaemenid court, which is the seat of the government, its center and its archives. It is administered throughout the Kingdom. The forces that influence these conspiracies are four: Nobles, and the second: the women of the royal court whether royal women or concubines, the third: the eunuchs, the fourth forces are priests, and also examines the causes of these conspiracies and their political results in the fold of the Achaemenid state