Rhagae

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Rhagae is the ancient name of the historic city near modern-day Tehran in Iran, once a major center of the Median and later Persian empires.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rhagae canonical 5
Rhaga 1
Rhagae (Ray) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
ancientNameOf Rey
archaeologicalSite Rey archaeological area
associatedWith Zoroastrianism
country Iran
destroyedBy earthquakes
hasType historical settlement
historicalRegion Greater Iran
knownAs Europos (under Seleucids)
Raga
Rages
Ragha
Rai
Raiy
Rhaga
linked to: Rhagae

Rhages
languageOfName Greek
Median
Old Persian
locatedIn Media
Tehran Province
northern Iran
locatedNear Tehran
locatedOn southern slopes of the Elburz Mountains
mentionedBy Isidore of Charax
Polybius
Ptolemy
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
mentionedIn Behistun Inscription
modernEquivalent Rey
Shahr-e Rey
near modern-day Tehran
onRoute Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes

major east–west trade routes of Iran
partOf Achaemenid Empire
Median Empire
Parthian Empire
Sasanian Empire
Seleucid Empire
ancient Near East
linked to: Ancient Near East
rebuiltDuring Parthian period
linked to: Parthian Empire

Sasanian period
linked to: Sasanian Empire

Seleucid period
linked to: Seleucid Empire
regionType urban center
religiousSignificance Zoroastrian tradition
role major Median center
major Persian center
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Classical antiquity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rayy hasAlternativeName Rhagae
Media regionIncludes Rhagae
Median Kingdom majorCity Rhagae (Ray)
linked to: Rhagae
Rhagae knownAs Rhaga
linked to: Rhagae
Rhages hasAlternativeName Rhagae
Parthia associatedWithCity Rhagae