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Median Empire (678 - 549 BC) According to Herodotus, Ecbatana was chosen as the Medes ' capital in 678 BC by Deioces, the first ruler of the Medes. Herodotus said that it had seven walls. [3] Deioces' intention was to build a palace worthy of the dignity of a king. [6] After choosing Ecbatana as his capital, Deioces decided to build a huge and ...
Dec 8, 2011 · The Achaemenid period. The entry for the 6th year (550/549 B.C.E.) of the Nabonidus Chronicle records that Cyrus II defeated Astyages, captured Ecbatana, and removed its treasury to Anshan (Grayson, p. 106, 2.1-4). Cyrus and his successors used Ecbatana as a summer capital and as a treasury (Weissbach, cols. 2156-57; Herodotus 3.64).
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Ecbatana (Old Persian Hagmatana, "gathering place"): main settlement of the Medes, modern Hamadan. Part 1. Part 2. Legendary Palace. A bullshead from Ecbatana. According to the Histories of the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Ecbatana was founded by one Deioces, the legendary first king of the Medes. Herodotus writes:
views 2,802,719 updated. Ecbatana (ĕkbăt´ənə, ĕkbətä´nə), capital of ancient Media, later the summer residence of Achaemenid and Parthian kings, beautifully situated at the foot of Mt. Elvend and NE of Behistun. In 549 BC it was captured by Cyrus the Great.
Mostly killed or captured. The Battle of Ecbatana was fought in 129 BC between the Seleucids led by Antiochus VII Sidetes and the Parthians led by Phraates II, and marked the final attempt on the part of the Seleucids to regain their power in the east against the Parthians.
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Ecbatana, Palace. Palace of Cyrus in Ecbatana: semi-legendary Persian palace, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The palace of Cyrus the Great in Ecbatana is nothing but a name to us. Excavations in modern Hamadan have shown some buildings from the Parthian age and a couple of remains from the Achaemenid period, but so far, no ...
Category. : Ecbatana. Articles relating to the city of Ecbatana, first the capital of the Median Empire in western Iran, and later the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires.
