Hecatompylus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.
Proper noun edit
Hecatompylus
- (historical) A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.
Translations edit
city in Qumis, Persia
|