Artacoana (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτακόανα) or Artacana or Articaudna (Ἀρτίκαυδνα) or Chortacana or Artacaena, name of the capital of Aria, an eastern satrapy...

that “nearest to India is Ariane, then Aria”). Its original capital was Artacoana (Ἀρτακόανα) or Articaudna (Ἀρτίκαυδνα) according to Ptolemy. In its vicinity...

the relationship of Alexander's foundation to the Achaemenid citadel of Artacoana, its predecessor. As no excavations of Herat have taken place, the precise...

sometimes been identified as a refoundation of the Achaemenid settlement Artacoana, but as the available sources outline a clear distinction between the...

Village, 18 km southwest of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)???―Parthia Sep 330 Artacoana, Alexandria in Aria (Herat, Afghanistan)―Aria, capital city Oct 330 Phrada...

In late 330 BC, Alexander captured the Arian capital that was called Artacoana. The town was rebuilt and the citadel was constructed. Afghanistan became...

BCE - Persian town in Aria established (approximate date). 330 BCE - Artacoana captured by Alexander III of Macedon. 167 BCE - Town becomes part of the...

Arians to rebellion, and gathered his forces together at the city of Artacoana. On the approach of Alexander, he fled to join the traitor Bessus; and...