Historical place profile
Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’
A significant Hellenistic city that served as a capital of both the Seleucid and Parthian empires. The city was founded by Seleucus Nicator.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:894178
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:894178
- Place type
- archaeological-site, findspot, settlement, urban
- Coordinates
- 33.095178, 44.520986
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A significant Hellenistic city that served as a capital of both the Seleucid and Parthian empires. The city was founded by Seleucus Nicator.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.