Hyrcanis
settlement
ancient city in Asia Minor
Location: 38.6675, 27.6671
Who is recorded here
- Asyncritus of Hyrcania death · AD 100
About the place
Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis, also known as Hyrcania, was a Roman and Byzantine-era city and bishopric in ancient Lydia, now in western Turkey. It was situated in the Hyrcanian plain, which is said to have derived its name from a colony of Hyrcanians being settled here by the Persians.
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