Elymais
Sign in to saveElymais or Elamais (Ἐλυμαΐς, Hellenic form of the more ancient name, Elam) was an autonomous state of the 2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, frequently a vassal under Parthian control. It was located at the head of the Persian Gulf in Susiana (the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran). Most of the population probably descended from the ancient Elamites, who once had control of that area.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Elymais
- Country.common_name
- Elymais
- Country.era
- Classical antiquity
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.status
- Autonomous state, frequently a vassal of the Parthian Empire
- Country.empire
- Parthian Empire
- Country.year_start
- 147 BC
- Country.year_end
- 221/222 AD
- Country.p1
- Seleucid Empire
- Country.s1
- Sasanian Empire
- Country.image_map
- Elymais in 51 BC.png
- Country.image_map_caption
- Approximate extent of Elymais in 51 BC.
- Country.capital
- Susa
- Country.leader1
- Kamnaskires I Soter
- Country.leader2
- Orodes V
- Country.year_leader1
- ca. 147 BC
- Country.year_leader2
- 221/222 AD
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- inception
- 0147-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0224-00-00
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- General information
- Coinage
- List of kings
- Kamnaskirid dynasty
- Arsacid dynasty
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
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Elymais or Elamais (Ἐλυμαΐς, Hellenic form of the more ancient name, Elam) was an autonomous state of the 2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, frequently a vassal under Parthian control. It was located at the head of the Persian Gulf in Susiana (the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran). Most of the population probably descended from the ancient Elamites, who once had control of that area.
== General information == The Elymaeans were reputed to be skilled archers. In 187 BC, they killed Antiochus III the Great after he had pillaged their temple of Bel. Nothing is known of their language, even though Elamite was still used by the Achaemenid Empire 250 years before the kingdom of Elymais came into existence. A number of Aramaic inscriptions are found in Elymais.
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