The immortals also known as the persian immortals was the name given by herodotus to an elite heavily armed infantry unit of 10 000 soldiers in the army of the achaemenid empire. Essential questions regarding the unit remain unanswered because authoritative sources are missing.
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Here we see a group of persian soldiers on a wall relief armed with spears and shields from a stairway at the ruins of ancient persepolis.
Ancient persian empire soldier. These ancient persian soldiers from apadana at persepolis are bringing tribute and gifts to the persian king as a token of their loyalty gifts of silver gold jewelry weapons and many other things. This force performed the dual roles of both imperial guard and standing army. The ancient persian military evolved from the earlier armed forces of the medes which in turn developed from the warrior class of the indigenous people of the iranian plateau the aryan migrants including the persians who later settled there and the assyrian army which was defeated by the medes.
The ancient persian warriors were soldiers for the persian empire during the phases of its military life. The force consisted mainly of persians but also included medes and elamites.
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