There he ceremonially burns down the palace of Xerxes I , as a symbol that the Panhellenic war of revenge is at an end .
January 30 -- After gaining the Pass of the Persian Gates , Alexander enters Persepolis .
There Alexander ceremonially burns down the palace of Xerxes I , as a symbol that the Panhellenic war of revenge is at an end .
January 30 -- After gaining the Pass of the Persian Gates , Alexander enters Persepolis .