Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan

settlement · 1200 BC – 2100 AD

The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BCE. The site served as a summer residence for both Persian and Parthian kings.

Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan

Coordinates: 34.80556, 48.51641
Also known as: Achmeta, Agbatana (grc), Agmatanu (akk), Ahmadan, Amadan (en), Amadan (en), Ecbatana, Ecbatanis Partiorum (la), Ecbatanis Partiorvm (la), Ekbatana (deu), Ekbatana (grc), Epiphaneia, Hagmatana, Hamadan (en), Hamadan (en), Hamadān, Hamadān, Hamadan (fa), Hamaḏān, Hamadhan (arb), Hamdān, Hamādan, Hemedān (ota), Hāgmātana, Hagmatana (peo), Hāmādān, همدان (fa), هگمتانه (fas), Ḥamdan, Hamdan (syr), Ἐκβάτανα (grc), Ἐπιφάνεια (grc)
Dating: attested

Sources

Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
Wikidata · CC0 1.0
Wikidata (CC0)

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