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My Trip Along The Persian Royal Road
My Trip Along The Persian Royal Road
My Trip Along The Persian Royal Road
Miss Pietrone
15 October 2018
As I started my trip down the safe road, there were recognized stations with excellent
inns. As I traveled past Lydia and Phrygia, a trip that was ninety-four and a half parasangs long
with twenty stations, I noticed that in Phrygia there was a river. This was known as the Halys
River. To pass this river, I had to enter the gates where there was also a guard. Once I arrived
safely over the river, I traveled into Cappadocia, which was around 104 parasangs long with
The next place I arrive on my journey is the Cilician border. At the border, a road passes
two sets of gates which are both guarded. The distance through Cilicia was fifteen and a half
parasangs and had three stations. As I was in Cilicia, I noticed that a river, known as the
Euphrates River, separated Cilicia from Armenia. The only way to get to Armenia was to cross
the river by boat. When I finally reached Armenia, the fifty-six and a half parasang long place
with fifteen stations, there was a guard. There were four rivers that ran through that part of the
country. I could only cross every river by a ferry. The rivers I had to cross were the Tigris, the
two Zabatus Rivers, and the Gyndes River. The Gyndes River was the river that Cyrus, at one
stations. After a short stop in Matiene, I traveled to Cissia which was another forty-two and a
half long parasang place and included eleven stations. The next place I arrived at was the
Choaspes River, where I found the city of Susa. Since it was located on the river, the trip from
Sardis to Susa had 111 port houses. I learned that a parasang was equal to thirty furlongs. The
next trip from Saris to the Palace of Memnon was 450 parasangs long, or 13,500 furlongs. I
traveled at a rate of 150 furlongs a day which meant it would take me ninety days to make the
journey. Once I finally reached my destination, I finally got my main message to who it needed
to be delivered to.