Pahlava, kind of. They didnt regard themselves as successors to start with, heck they were even called Dahae or robbers by the Persians themselves.Originally Posted by Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom
Pontos though is kind of the Achaemenid succesor state, as the Pontic royal family was Iranian in origin and claimed descent from a satrapal family who again had blood ties to Darius I. Hellenism though was the dominant "ideology" at the time, so the Pontic Kings portrayed themselves as truly philhellenic rulers.
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