Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 02, 2024 09:57 AM
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History
Hecatompylos? was an ancient city in Iran that served as the capital of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty by 200 B.C. Alexander passed through in 330 B.C. and the city eventually became part of the Seleucid Empire and later a capital of the Parthian Empire.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942276
35.9610935, 54.0382895
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20303 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 22221 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Hecantopolis (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Hecatompylos (550 BC - AD 640)
- Ἑκατοντάπυλος (Hekatontápulos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Komish (30 BC - AD 640)
- Qumis (unspecified date range)
- Shahr-i Qumis (unspecified date range)
- Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis] capital of Komisene/Komish (unspecified date range)
- Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis] part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 96 C4 Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Shahr-i Qumis
M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/942276> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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