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Per·sep·o·lis 
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| an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, ab. 30 mi. (48 km) NE of Shiraz. |
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Persepolis
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An ancient city of Persia northeast of modern Shiraz in southwest Iran. It was the ceremonial capital of Darius I and his successors. Its ruins include the palaces of Darius and Xerxes and a citadel that contained the treasury looted by Alexander the Great. |
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| persepolis | |
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| an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins |
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