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The measure of Hecatompylos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

John Hansman
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In an article published some 12 years ago, the present writer proposed a location in Iran for the lost Parthian capital named by the Greeks Hecatompylos. This site, called in later days Shahr-i Qūmis, had been located with the help of references given by Apollodorus of Artemita (apud Strabo XI, 9, 1). These describe the Caspian Gates as located 500 stades from the city of Rhagae (modern Ray), and Hecatompylos as a further 1,260 stades beyond the Gates. Since the sites of the first two locations are known, the actual distance of 82 km.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 113 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1981

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16 Badian, E. in a book-review (Gnomon, 1974, 518), has also confused the open site of Shahr-i Qūmis with the totally different hill-bound location for Hecatompylos proposed by von Stahl.Google Scholar