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:
R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Sep 30, 2024 02:21 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.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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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)
- 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) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 92 G1 Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ravy
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Rhaga(i)/Europos/Arsakia/Ray: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/903104> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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