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:
Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Last modified
Jun 07, 2018 07:40 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
34.799294, 48.512209
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARMC location 21519 (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARMC location 20236 (750 BC - AD 640)
- 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)
- 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)
- Hamaḏān (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1258)
- Hamdān (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Hamādan (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hāgmātana (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hāmādān (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ḥamdan (Syriac, unspecified date range)
- None
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None
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hamadan
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021> [accessed: 20 October 2019]
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