I see historians say Rome's expansion and policy of leaving local customs in place was unparalleled in the ancient world. But isn't this exactly what Persia did under Cyrus and Darius?

by TapiocaTuesday
Dinocrocodile

For anyone interested in Persian imperial policy towards local cultures you should see this older thread with /u/Daeres

On Achaemenid Persia as a tyrannical empire vs a multicultural empire