id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1013 Persepolis - Wikipedia .html text/html 9124 1043 75 Garthwaite, the Susa Palace served as Darius' model for Persepolis.[9] Darius I ordered the construction of the Apadana and the Council Hall (Tripylon or the "Triple Gate"), as well as the main imperial Treasury and its surroundings. After invading Achaemenid Persia in 330 BC, Alexander the Great sent the main force of his army to Persepolis by the Royal Road. It is believed that the fire which destroyed Persepolis started from Hadish Palace, which was the living quarters of Xerxes I, and spread to the rest of the city.[12] It is not clear if the fire was an accident or a deliberate act of revenge for the burning of the Acropolis of Athens during the second Persian invasion of Greece. He adds: "[Alexander] burned the whole of Persepolis as revenge to the Persians, because it seems the Persian King Xerxes had burnt the Greek City of Athens around 150 years ago. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1013.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1013.txt