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.

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.

Hecatompylos was a significant city in the Parthian Empire, serving as a major capital and a crucial hub along the Silk Road. Its strategic location, economic vitality, and cultural diversity made it a key player in the ancient world.

Saddarvazeh (New Persian: صددروازه) or Hecatompylos (Ancient Greek: Ἑκατόμπυλος) was an ancient city in west Khurasan, Iran, which was the capital of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty by 200 BCE. The Greek name Hekatompylos means "one …

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.

The Macedonian thereafter advanced east for three more days until he arrived at the wealthy city which was later to be called Hecatompylos.1 It is the problems of Hecatompylos and the several related questions of its home district, called Comisene by the Greeks, which this paper will consider.2 Alexander rested his army for three days at Hecatom...

This city of the ‘hundred gates’ (Greek: Hecatompylos) is located at Shahr-e Qumis, in the Qumis region in today’s west Khorasan, Iran, about 32 km from the city of Damghan. At the time of the Seleucids, it was probably a smaller city.

2003年12月15日 · (cross-reference) Originally Published: December 15, 2003. Last Updated: December 15, 2003

Recent excavations have identified this immense almost featureless ruin field as the lost city of Hecatompylos, the capital of ancient Parthia. Here, Alexander stopped that faraway summer of 330 BC. It is an exposed weather-beaten place, sun-scorched in summer under a vast blue sky, fringed by the distant ranges of the Elburz Mountains.

2016年9月6日 · Hecatompylos, the chief city of Parthia, was among the colonies founded by Alexander; and its inhabitants would naturally be disinclined to acquiesce in the rule of a “barbarian.”