Portae Caspiae(85 words)
[German version]
(Plin. HN 6,30; Πύλαι Κάσπιαι/Pýlai Káspiai: Hecat. FGrH 1 F 286; Str. 11,5,4; 11,12,5; Θύραι Κάσπιαι/Thýrai Káspiai: Ios. Ant. Iud. 18,4,4). The modern Sirdara Pass in the Elburs mountains (Caspii montes), between Media and Parthia, 60 km to the northeast of Teheran. At the same time the name was also used for the road from Darband to the western shore of the Caspian Sea.
Plontke-Lüning, Annegret (Jena)
Bibliography
M. Schottky, Parther, Meder und Hyrkanier, in: AMI 24, 1991, 61-135, esp. 123.
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Plontke-Lüning, Annegret (Jena),
“Portae Caspiae”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 21 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1005590>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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