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royal road
(redirected from Persian Royal Road)

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royal road
n
an easy or direct way of achieving a desired end the royal road to success
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Noun1.royal road - an auspicious way or means to achieve something; "the royal road to success"
road - a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
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The combined Greek forces marched to Sardis, at the western terminus of the Persian Royal Road that ran all the way to Susa and Persepolis, and took the great city, burning it to the ground in the process.
The West's first stand: Marathon: at the dawn of what was to become ... by Scaliger, Charles / The New American
 
 
 
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