Mansiones Parthicae
Charax Spasinou
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Isidore, of Charax
Isidore, of Charax
c. 40 BCE–c. 20 CE · Charax Spasinou
Isidore of Charax was a Greek geographer, probably active around the turn of the era (late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE), from Charax at the head of the Persian Gulf. He is known for the 'Parthian Stations,' a surviving short account of the overland caravan route through the Parthian Empire, listing stages and distances, which is valuable for the historical geography of the region. Little else is known of him.
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About Charax Spasinou
Charax Spasinou was a Hellenistic port city at the head of the Persian Gulf, in the region of Characene (Mesene) in southern Mesopotamia, in modern southern Iraq. It is the place from which the geographer Isidore of Charax took his name; he wrote the Parthian Stations, a survey of the overland route across the Parthian empire.
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