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Hyrcania (/hərˈkeɪniə/; Gr****: Ὑρκανία Hyrkanía, Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 Varkâna,
Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 Gurgān, Akkadian: Urqananu) is a historical...
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Asyncritus of
Hyrcania, also
Asynkritos (Gr****: Ἀσύγκριτος,
meaning "incomparable"), was
numbered among the
Seventy Disciples. He was
bishop of
Hyrcania in Asia...
- Look up
Hyrcania in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hyrcania or
Hyrkania may
refer to :
Geography Hyrcania, a
historical region south-east of the Caspian...
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Hyrcania (Ancient Gr****: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: خربة المرد "Khirbet el-Mird"; Hebrew: הורקניה Horcania) was an
ancient fortress in the
Judean Desert. It was...
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groups and the
Sogdians and Chorasmians, and
immediately to the
north of
Hyrcania.
During late 4th and
early 3rd
centuries BCE, the Dahae, and especially...
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Hydarnes (Old Persian: 𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎼𐎴, romanized: Vidṛna), also
known as Idernes, was a
Persian nobleman, who was
active during the
reign of
Darius II (r. 423 – 404...
- Mardians,
conquered their territory in the
Alborz mountains, and
reclaimed Hyrcania from the
Seleucid Empire. He died in 165/64 BC, and was
succeeded by his...
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states that the iron
gates Alexander erected were
controlled by the king of
Hyrcania (on the
south edge of the Caspian), and
allowing p****age of the
gates to...
- (465 BC – 464 BC). Artab****
probably originated from the
province of
Hyrcania and
reportedly served as the
chief official of
Xerxes I. He is considered...
- 238 BC) was an
Iranian satrap of the
Seleucid provinces of
Parthia and
Hyrcania under the
Seleucid rulers Antiochus I
Soter and
Antiochus II Theos. He...
