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, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, W. Röllig, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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May 05, 2023 05:01 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
34.8043, 48.5171
- Representative Locations:
- 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)
- Hāgmātana (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hāmādān (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ḥamdan (Syriac, unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 D2 Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hamadan
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, W. Röllig, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903021> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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