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Ecbatana / ɛkˈbætənə / ( Old Persian: 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 Hagmatāna or Haŋmatāna, [1] literally "the place of gathering" according to Darius the Great's inscription at Bisotun; Persian: هگمتانه; Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭; Parthian: 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭕𐭍 Ahmadān; Akkadian: 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 KURAgamtanu; Elamite: 𒀝𒈠𒆪𒈾 Agmadana; Imperial Aramaic: אַחְמְתָא ʾAḥməṯāʾ; Ancient Greek: Ἀγβάτανα ...
Ecbatana, ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadān, Iran. Ecbatana was the capital of Media and was subsequently the summer residence of the Achaemenian kings and one of the residences of the Parthian kings.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Ekbatana war die Hauptstadt des Mederreichs und später Königsresidenz im persischen Achämenidenreich. Sie befand sich auf dem Gelände oder im Umfeld der heutigen iranischen Großstadt Hamadan, deren Name sich aus dem altpersischen Namen ableitet.
Ecbatana was an ancient city, which was first the capital of the Median Empire in western Iran, and later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. It was also an important city during the Seleucid and Sasanian empires.
Dec 15, 1997 · Ecbatana (48°31’ E, 34°48’ N; alt. 1,800 m) is in the Zagros mountains of central-west Persia at the base of the eastern slope of the Alvand range (the classical Mount Orontes; Diodorus Siculus, 2.13.7; Polybius, 10.27; “Iasonius mons” of Ammianus Marcellinus, 23.6.39).
