| So far only one monumental statue of a Persian king has turned up, a statue of Darius discovered at Susa in 1972, decorated with hieroglyphics and cuneiform. |
| In return they were always trying to beg or embezzle the treasure of the king at Susa. |
| Sent to pacify Ionia, after several Ionian repulses, he dared not return to Susa and so departed for his Thracian project. |
| Thereafter, except for deltaic patches at Marsa Susa and Derna, the shore is all precipitous. |
| The effective administration of the Achaemenian realms was carried on from the imperial cities of Susa, Babylon, and Ecbatana. |
| This, for instance, is how Darius describes the foundation of the sea-green palace of Susa, across the border north-east of Basra. |
