Antioch in Persis (Mint, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/antiocheia_persis

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Antioch in Persis (en), Nahavand (fr), Nahavand (it), Nehāwand (de), Αντιόχεια (el)Additional labels
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Nahavand (en)
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Antioch in Media (en)

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Now known as Nahavand in modern Iran, the city was founded by Darius I the Great, in Media along with the two other Achaemenid cities of Apamea and Xerxes. (Strabo xi. p. 524 ; Xerxes "Laodikeia") Pliny (vi. 29) describes it as being in the extreme limits of Media, and (re-)founded by Xerxes I. It is also known as Laodicea in Media, Laodicea in Persis, Antiochia of Chosroes, and Antiochia in Media.

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