Hecatompylos
Ancient city · Iran
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.953, 54.104
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Гекатомпил или Саддарвазех — исторический город в западной части Хорасана, древняя столица Парфии, 1260 стадий на северо-восток от Каспийских ворот.
History
Qumis, also known as Hecatompylos was an ancient city which was the capital of the Parthian Empire by 200 BCE. The Greek name Hekatompylos means "one hundred gates" and the Persian term has the same meaning. The title was commonly used for cities which had more than the traditional four gates. It may be understood better as the "Many Gated". Most scholars locate it at Sahr-e Qumis, in the Qumis region in west Khorasan, Iran.