In 522 BCE, the Persian Empire sat on the edge of Chaos. Between March and September of that year, 3 men sat on the Persian throne, and according to the official royal history one of those kings was actually impersonated by a couple of magi. This episode is the first to really question who the Magi were. This episode also discusses the many theories of what really happened that year.
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Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām
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The History of Persia 
Are there any peices of media based on this event. This could easily works as a thriller, comedy, Drama or action adventure.
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You’d think that. I certainly pitch this idea all the time, but so far as I know it’s never been done. There may be something from Iran that I don’t know about since Iranian media doesn’t permeate much in the west. For western audiences though, I think most business people making publishing and production decisions would probably view the story as too purely Persian.
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