Alexandria/Kapisa

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

"Alexandria in the Caucasus", an Achaemenid town re-established by Alexander the Great at modern Charikar, near Bagram in Afghanistan.

Alexandria/Kapisa
Coordinates
34.99254, 69.31049
Also known as
Alexandreia pròs Kaukásōi (akk), Alexandria (en), Bagram (en), Bagram (en), Ἀλεξάνδρεια πρὸς Καυκάσῳ (akk)
Dating
attested

Sources

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