Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Eric Kansa, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Dec 03, 2025 02:28 PM
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History
Rhaga(i), now the city of Rey in Iran, was an important settlement of the Medes that declined after the Mongol invasions.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104
35.594267, 51.447163
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 3491 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 21924 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Arsakia (unspecified date range)
- Arsakia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Evropos (Europos: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Eurōpos (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Raghā (Sanskrit, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Ragā (Middle Persian, unspecified date range)
- Rai (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Raiy (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Ray (unspecified date range)
- Ray (5000 BC - 330 BC)
- Ray (Middle Persian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Rayy (AD 750 - AD 1186)
- ری (Rey: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
- Reyy (Modern Persian, 5000 BC - AD 2000)
- Rhaga (750 BC - AD 640)
- Rhaga (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Rhagai (750 BC - AD 640)
- Rhagai (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- ar-Rayy (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1258)
- Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray part of (administrative) Parthian empire (200 BC - AD 224)
- Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 G1 Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ravy
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Eric Kansa, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104> [accessed: 24 January 2026]
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