Historical place profile

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

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.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:942276
Catalogue ID
pleiades:942276
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
35.961094, 54.038290
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

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.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 96 C4 Hecatompylos?/Komish/[(Shahr-i) Qumis]

Source and reuse

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Research path

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