Charax Spasinu
region
ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene
Approximate centre: 30.8979, 47.5675 · Pleiades 912872
Who is recorded here
- Izates bar Monobaz residence
In art
About the place
Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax, Alexandria (Ἀλεξάνδρεια) or Antiochia in Susiana, was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf in what is now Iraq and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene.
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