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Sacesinians were an ancient people who fought for the Persians in Alexander the Great's war of conquest on the Achaemenid Empire. They gave horsemen to the Persians which were used together with the horsemen of Caucasian Albania. They lived in the north east of Armenia along the Kura river. [1]

The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group that make up over half the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language, as well as languages closely related to Persian.

Alexander the Great King of Macedonia

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References

  1. Arrian. The Anabasis of Alexander.