Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Chris de Lisle, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Jan 07, 2026 03:16 PM
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History
An ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires of Iran. Located at modern Shush, Susa was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936
32.1899344716, 48.2535370543
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Shūsh (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM Location: کاخ آپاداناى شوش (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Seleucia ad Eulaeum (unspecified date range)
- Seleukeia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Σελεύκεια ἡ πρὸς τῶι Εὐλαίωι (Seleúkeia hē pròs tōi Eulaíōi: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Shush-i er-Kar (unspecified date range)
- Shusha (750 BC - AD 640)
- Shushan (750 BC - AD 640)
- شوش (Shūsh: Modern Persian)
- Σοῦσα (Sousa: Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Susa (unspecified date range)
- Susa (Akkadian, 6200 BC - 1600 BC)
- Sūs (1200 BC - AD 940)
- سوس (Sūs: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Sūsā (Elamite, unspecified date range)
- as-Sūs (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1186)
- Çušā (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Ērān-ḫuarrah-Šāhpuhr (Middle Persian, AD 284 - AD 337)
- Īrānḫurra-Sābūr (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 284 - AD 337)
- Šuš (2000 BC - 650 BC)
- Šuša (Elamite, 2000 BC - 650 BC)
- Šušan (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šuši (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Šušim (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Šušina (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 2350 BC)
- Šušîm (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Šūs (Middle Persian, AD 284 - AD 640)
- Šūš (Modern Standard Arabic, 6200 BC - AD 2000)
- Šūš (Modern Persian, 6200 BC - AD 2000)
- šwšn (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum part of (regional) Elymais/Susiana (unspecified date range)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum located on Karkheh/Eulaeus?/Ula(ya)? (river) (unspecified date range)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum part of (administrative) Parthian empire (200 BC - AD 224)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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palace complex, settlement, archaeological site, findspot, place of finding, find place
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 E1 Shusha(n)/Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum/Shush-i er-Kar
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Shush
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Rune Rattenborg, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Chris de Lisle, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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