Gia Cercone

Miss Pietrone

Honors World History

15 October 2018

My Trip Along the Persian Royal Road

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

twenty-eight stations along the way.

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

point in time, split up into 360 channels.

 The next stop on my trip was Matiene, which was 137 parasangs and included thirty-four

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.