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Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall

Contributors: R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:48 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.799294, 48.512209

Locations:

DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
DARMC location 21519 (750 BC - AD 640)
DARMC location 20236 (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Achmeta (750 BC - AD 640)
Agbatana (540 BC - 330 BC)
Agmatanu (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ahmadan (750 BC - AD 640)
Ecbatana (750 BC - AD 640)
Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbatana; 720 BC - AD 226)
Epiphaneia (750 BC - AD 640)
Epiphaneia (330 BC - 140 BC)
Hagmatana (750 BC - AD 640)
Hamadān (1200 BC - AD 2000)
Hamadān (AD 632 - AD 750)
Hamaḏān (AD 632 - AD 1258)
Hamdān (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
Hamādan (540 BC - 330 BC)
Hāgmātana (540 BC - 330 BC)
Hāmādān (AD 300 - AD 640)
Ḥamdan (Attested dates needed)

Makes a connection with:

None

Has a connection with:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP 11C1 (Talbert 2516)

See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia, Hamadan

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hamadan

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Suggested citation:
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2015 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021> [accessed: 25 September 2016]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021 |title=Places: 903021 (Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, E. Keall |accessdate=September 25, 2016 9:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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