Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]

settlement · 550 BC – 640 AD

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.

Coordinates

35.96109, 54.03829

Also known as

Hecantopolis (la), Hecantopolis (la), Hecatompylos, Hekatontápulos (grc), Hekatómpulos (grc), Komish, Qumis, Shahr-i Qumis, Ἑκατοντάπυλος (grc), Ἑκατόμπυλος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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