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, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, thoamse, World Historical Gazetteer, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BCE. 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)
- Amadan (English, AD 1700 - AD 1799)
- 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)
- Ἐπιφάνεια (Epiphaneia: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Hagmatana (750 BC - AD 640)
- Hamadan (English, AD 1700 - AD 1799)
- 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 (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- 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
- Coloru 2023
- EncIran (online) ECBATANA
- EncIran Ecbatana
- ItMiller 792, 796, 782-83
- Livius.org Ecbatana (Hamadan)
- PECS (Perseus) ECBATANA (Hamadan) Iran
- RE Apobatana (F.C. Andreas)
- RE Ekbatana 1 (F.H. Weißbach)
- 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)
- MANTO 11327154: Ecbatana (Media)
- RE Apobatana (Friedrich Carl Andreas)
- SyrGaz 823: Hamadān
- TGN 7002115: Hamadān: Hamadan
- 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, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, thoamse, World Historical Gazetteer, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021> [accessed: 17 October 2026]
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