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King's favorite Bagoas judges the offender, and sentences him to death. On the throne is king Darius III.P.S. They're all men!
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I love history! tank you! I have to learn it!
can you compare old Persia and old Greece?
I'm sorry! I'm week at English!
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their normal life.
i'm writing a story about a Persian slave and her migration to Greece.
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well I know a thing or two about both. For starters, day-to-day life in different regions of the ancient world wasn't actually all that different. The differences would mostly come in clothing, and what activities were done by whom. Tasks considered appropriate for a slave in one place, might instead be honorable employment in another place. Similarly, what was woman's work in one place might be men's work in another.
I need a bit more information in order to tell you the differences for your specific case. You can reply to this comment or drop me a note.
1) is she being sold to a Greek, or is her Persian owner moving to Greece?
2) where in Greece exactly? customs varied almost as much between city-states as between nations. If a fictional place, then I need a region (ex. Attica, or "near Thebes").
3) what is the social status of her owners? If she's changing owners, then what was the social status of her old owners vs. the social status of her new owners? If they have slaves they are at least moderately wealthy, but do they have lots of liquid wealth (like merchants) or is it mostly tied up in land (like noblemen)?
4) what specific tasks is she trained to do/what is she usually asked to do? most slaves performed a specific subset of tasks, and many received special training to do so.
5) who is in the household? include other slaves. Which member of the household specifically does she belong to? In most places women could own property of their own, including slaves.
6) what time period approximately? technology is extremely important when talking about the life of a slave because they are often the ones using it.
7) Was she born a slave, or was she enslaved as a teenager/adult? I'd need to know if she has skills normally associated with a free person such as reading and writing, managing money etc. This would change how the people around her treat her and what opportunities she might have.
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Great work of details, the flag design, farvahar sign and attires, all look amazing. The guards also look pretty cool, their bodies just look a bit womanly.
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Thanks! The guards are eunuchs that's why they look feminine.
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didn't you know that according to history all of King's close servants in Persia were eunuchs?
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No i didn't, but i just knew the male servants in their Harems were Eunuchs!
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not only in harems but everywhere in palace, they were also warlords and even kings - the eunuchs
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Yeah, maybe as servants, but Eunuchs as Guards is a bit questionable, since they are not completely manly, idk how effective they would be in a close combat situation!
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Here I give you information on this:
In Hatti (the Hittite empire) the first task of the eunuch was to protect the king and his family and to report any information discovered on rebellious or other harmful actions that might be directed against the king. Hittite eunuchs were also frequently sent out as envoys, although they did not serve as military leaders nor accompany the king to war, as later in Assyria.
In Assyria, eunuchs with such titles as rab sha reshi (“chief eunuch”), rab shaqe (“chief cupbearer”), or sukkallu (“second highest official in the empire”) held the highest recognized authority after the king; and they were often referred to as “the great ones.” Originally valued as supervisory staff in the women’s quarters or harem (although the latter term derives from karām, a later Arabic word, meaning “unlawful”), these royal servants were soon aiding the king in many other roles, such as domestics, palace officials, statesmen, and generals. Yet, during the reign of Shalmaneser III (858–824) eunuchs became so powerful that nobles in the land rebelled against the crown; and this revolt was only fully suppressed by his successor, Shamshi-Adad V (823–811). Later, during the reign of Sennacherib (704–681), most of the king’s attendants who are shown on reliefs appear bearded, suggesting that he also may have felt that the eunuchs had become too powerful a group and so he relegated them to more menial tasks, instead of running his palace and administration. Still, eunuchs had more than proved their usefulness; and so by the reign of Assurbanipal (668–627), Sennacherib’s grandson, there were more eunuchs at court than ever.
In Assyrian reliefs at the British Museum, royal eunuch servants are shown, e.g., carrying the king’s bow and arrows and spear, holding a sun parasol over this head, waving a fly-wisk (or large fan) to keep away insects, and carrying his folded napkin. Eunuchs accompany the king on his royal lion hunt, helping him kill lions from his chariot and from horseback; and then they are shown holding the reins of the royal horses and helping move the dead lions to the palace. Eunuchs are also depicted here as musicians, with lyres and harps, and as scribes and artists, writing down dictation, recording war booty, and drawing war scenes on clay tablets for later use by relief carvers back at the palace. The fact that some eunuchs are shown both waving fly-wisks and carrying folded napkins suggests perhaps some flexibility with regards to the performance of various tasks. However, one of the most important royal eunuch positions controlled access to the king; and eunuchs are shown in some scenes leading or directing visitors into the royal presence.
So from the beginning of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, eunuchs came to dominate civil service. Eunuchs were appointed as governors of major provinces, positions which some of them held continuously for as long as thirty years (Reade). At court, eunuchs served as the king’s personal attendants, cooks, bakers, cupbearers, confectioners (makers of sweets), drivers (rein-holders for the royal chariot), palace guards, and doorkeepers. Other eunuchs were guardians of the royal tombs. The royal bodyguard which accompanied the king on his travels and campaigns was made up primarily of eunuchs. Many eunuchs served as army officers, the “chief eunuch” sometimes even replacing the king as supreme military commander on long and dangerous campaigns. Eunuchs were also sent as foreign envoys, they directed the deportation of whole populations, and many served as scribes and clerks.
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Yeah, in fact not only in Harems but everywhere in palace
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