King Xerxes' Sick Perversion Ended in the Most Savage MUTILATION in History
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The dark history of King Xerxes and the Persian Empire hides many brutal secrets, but his forbidden obsession with his own niece ended in the most savage mutilation in history. After a humiliating defeat in Greece, the God-King's fragile ego sparked a twisted royal scandal that his wife, Queen Amestris, chose to silence with unimaginable cruelty.
Queen Amestris didn't just want revenge; she wanted to leave a psychological scar on the entire empire. Do you think her brutal calculation was a necessary evil to protect her power, or was it pure psychopathy? Drop your theory below. 👇
To bring this ancient true crime to life, we spent hours pacing the narrative and manually timing every visual transition to ensure you feel the exact psychological dread that suffocated the palace of Susa. There are no automated shortcuts here—just a raw, meticulously cut breakdown of how a stolen royal robe triggered a desperate midnight escape and a horrific vivisection that tore the Achaemenid royal family apart. Discover how one psychopathic queen engineered the most gruesome family massacre in human history to protect her throne.
Books used in our historical research for this episode:
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
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Women in Ancient Persia (559-331 BC) by Maria Brosius
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Is this history about the Persians written by the Greeks?
More User Perspectives
There is only one King of kings and that is Jesus.
@2percent153So- the persians are pretty much the same today as they were then......
@quasar8898Why is sexual intercourse considered perverse? , all mankind would not be alive but for it happening with great enthusiasm!
@werkzeugmann6224This is nothing,
You should see what happens after Diddy sends you an invitation to attend a "Party" that he's throwing.
Most people's a^^ starts to ache as soon as they begin driving TO the said party!
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@Marietta-j5yEpstein listens and noods . Hell is a real place.
@larserikolofosterling2338thousand of years... you may think we humans may have learn to identify tyrants who just want to control the rest of humans, and the worl..
@luisrojo7221The women sound way worse
@Charlatan-ParodymanSo why don't we get this movie instead of Star Wars 27?
@chrisgunther109Nothing has changed in the ruling class...its been this way since the dawn of time
Groomers never change, disgusting people
It is sick. Humans are flawed.
@TheLorileedIs this about Xerxes or about Epstein?
@mwaawmXerxes' demise can best be summarized as ''He got dead'
@stevekirkham5193Xerses should have made the damned robe a funeral shroud.
@stevekirkham5193and where her husband in all this!!??!! coward. I would have started a war...i dont think so.
@mike_6789how little power he had if he cant say no...what the heck!
@mike_6789I'm watching from u.k June 26
@annwi60Tristan da Cunha
@cba6084No empire lasts. Not even the United States. Good story though!
@LelandMaurelloWith family like that u don't need enemies.
@PaulaHernandez-b3jYakes!!!
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@johnfarley4201Penis wrinkle
@joshuahedahl6768Nothing like a woman scorned
@derrickcarter7660Now we can understand why the persians, who have ruled for centuries still are nothing more than cold blooded killers, as we see in the Iran theocratic culture of today.!! The only one thing that has changed is th rulers, the kings, and the gods.!!
@chemmiiExcellent Video. History certainly has a lot of dark side transgressions. ☠️
@LanceHill-d1mNo way,built by humans
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@ThiTole-f6jThey just killed Phillip and the kids coming for you phalus
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@ThiTole-f6jI'm in Persepolis formerly Farsi Persian rugga
@ThiTole-f6jSo this guy was both a pedophile and incestuously attracted uncle. Lord these men are so eternally pathetic and disgusting. Why must we share a world with such despicable beings?
@Sara-x6t3sIsn’t it just sick to imagine that you didn’t own your own body and someone else could do with it whatever they want and that was considered Legal?
@Who-1978@17:43 "oh no she didn't 😅😅!!"
@annieoughtaau boringness
@CaptRobinatorAmestris was kind sheepwolf of persia....a deadly thread woven in a glamorous royal cloak.
@nubiaorigin6021no wonder Artaxerxes was wary of his haughty wife and chose Esther...
Amestris (Persian for Strong Woman) for a mum would do that.
The Romans also had their own psychopathic rulers.
@Woodman-Spare-that-treeTreat your boss like a god, and he will start to act like the old gods, just demons of sin. It is what happens when weak, cowardly yes-men crawl around people with any power.
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