Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, thoamse, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, World Historical Gazetteer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Dec 02, 2025 05:42 PM
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History
The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC. The site served as a summer residence for both Persian and Parthian kings.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021
34.80555515, 48.51640575
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ancient Site of Hegmataneh (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Hamadān (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Achmeta (750 BC - AD 640)
- Agbatana (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Agmatanu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ahmadan (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ecbatana (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ecbatanis Partiorvm (Ecbatanis Partiorum: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbatana: Ancient Greek, 720 BC - AD 226)
- Epiphaneia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Epiphaneia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Hagmatana (750 BC - AD 640)
- Hamadān (Modern Persian, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Hamadān (AD 632 - AD 750)
- همدان (Hamadān: Modern Persian)
- Hamaḏān (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1258)
- Hamdān (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Hamādan (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hemedān (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Hāgmātana (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hāmādān (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ḥamdan (Syriac, unspecified date range)
- Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan part of (regional) Media/Mad(aya) (region) (unspecified date range)
- Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan part of (administrative) Parthian empire (200 BC - AD 224)
- Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Filadelfia next place in route Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
- Cohen 2013 206-208
- EncIran (online) ECBATANA
- EncIran Ecbatana
- ItMiller 792, 796, 782-83
- Livius.org Ecbatana (Hamadan)
- PECS (Perseus) ECBATANA (Hamadan) Iran
- RE Ekbatana 1 (cf. RE Apobatana)
- Sarraf 1997
- ToposText Ekbatana (Persia)
- WHL 1716: Hegmataneh
- Wikipedia (English) Ecbatana
- See Also:
- Related:
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- Arachne Ekbatana Hamadan, Iran (Islamische Republik), Asien
- DARE 22305
- DARMC 20236 and 21519
- GeoNames 132144: Hamadān
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 1641: Ecbatanis Partiorvm (Ecbatanis Partiorum)
- RE Apobatana (Friedrich Carl Andreas)
- SyrGaz 823: Hamadān
- TGN 7002115: Hamadān
- TM GEO ID 10715: Ekbatana (Hamadan)
- WHG 6691943: Hamadan
- Wikidata Ecbatana (Q696193)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2750332: Ecbatana
- nomisma.org Ecbatana
- vici.org 2392: Tappe-ye Hagmatāna - Ancient Ecbatana
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hamadan. Hegmataneh was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2024.
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, thoamse, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, World Historical Gazetteer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021> [accessed: 13 December 2025]
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