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Qumis, Iran. / 35.951056°N 54.1128056°E / 35.951056; 54.1128056. Qumis ( Persian: قومس; Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭮 Kōmis ), also known as Hecatompylos ( Ancient Greek: Ἑκατόμπυλος, in Persian: صددروازه, Saddarvazeh) was an ancient city which was the capital of the Arsacid dynasty by 200 BCE.
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Hecatompylos, ancient Parthian city in western Khurasan and capital of the Iranian Arsacid dynasty. It might have already fallen into decline when the Seleucids revived it as a military outpost about 300 bc. By about 200 bc it was the Arsacid capital and is mentioned as such by Pliny, Strabo, and Ptolemy.
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Hecatómpylos o Hecatómpilo 1 (en griego antiguo: Ἑκατόμπυλος, en persa: صددروازه , Saddarvazeh ), actualmente Shahr-e Qumis 2 ( en persa: قومس ; Persa medio 𐭪𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭮 Kōmis ), fue una antigua ciudad, capital de la dinastía arsácida en el año 200 a. C. hasta el reinado de Mitrídates I. El nombre griego Hekatompylos significa «cien puertas» y el...
The remains of Hecatompylos lie to the southwest of the city, extending from Forat, 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Damghan, to nearly 32 kilometres (20 mi) west. After Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia, the nearby city of Hecatompylos ("hundred gates"), now called Šahr-e Qumis (Persian: شهر قومس) was the
Hecatompylos: one of the capitals of the ancient Parthian Empire. The identification with Šahr-e Qumis is not uncontested. The first photo shows a caravanserai along the main road from Tehran to Mashad, or, to use the ancient name: along the Silk road from Rhagae to Susia. It is near modern Qosheh.
In early 209 BC he entered Media and began preparing to cross a stretch of waterless desert (most likely the Sirjan salt desert), which if successfully traversed would lead him to the Parthian capital Hecatompylos.
The earliest Parthian capital was probably at Dara (modern Abivard); one of the later capitals was Hecatompylos, probably near modern Dāmghān. The empire was governed by a small Parthian aristocracy, which successfully made use of the social organizations established by the Seleucids and which tolerated the development of vassal kingdoms.
