uxians

Updated: April 30, 2025

His road lay through the mountainous territory of the Uxians, who refused him a passage unless he paid the usual tribute which they were in the habit of extorting even from the Persian kings. But Alexander routed them with great slaughter. He then advanced rapidly to Persepolis, whose magnificent ruins still attest its ancient splendour.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest