Hekatompylos

Japanese: ヘカトンピュロス(英語表記)Hekatompylos
Hekatompylos
It was the capital of the Parthian Kingdom, and its name means "City of a Hundred Gates" in Greek. It was located at a strategic point on the ancient east-west transportation route that passed through the southern foot of the Elburz Mountains. Seleucus I rebuilt it as a Hellenistic city, and when the Parthian Kingdom was established, the capital was moved here from Nisa. In 1967, a British excavation team excavated Shahr-i Qumīs, 32 km west of Damgan, and identified it with the Hekatompylos ruins, but no written documents have yet been found to prove this.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
パルティア王国の都で,その名はギリシア語で〈百門の都市〉の意。エルブルズ山脈の南麓を通過する古代の東西交通路の要衝にあった。セレウコス1世がヘレニズム都市として再建し,パルティア王国が成立すると,ニサからここに首都が移された。1967年,イギリス隊はダムガンの西32kmにあるシャフリ・クミース(シャフル・イ・クミース)Shahr‐i Qumīsを発掘してヘカトンピュロス遺跡に比定したが,それを証明する文字資料はまだ出土していない。

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