Did Ancient Persians Have One Partner?

Same empire, same night — one household has a single husband and wife, exactly what you'd expect. A few miles away, the king's household has so many wives and concubines that keeping track of names was practically an administrative job. So which one was actually normal? The answer splits ancient Persia almost exactly the way privacy, medicine, and everyday leisure did in our other videos — and the real record, including the Persepolis Fortification Archive, tells a more complicated story than either extreme. #AncientPersia #History #AncientHistory