Alexandria Eschate
Alexandria Eschate or Alexandria Eskhata ( ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, "the most distant Alexandria"; Latin Alexandria Ultima ) was one of Alexander the great in 329 BC. Founded city in today's Tajikistan .
history
Alexandria Eschate was founded on the south bank of the Jaxartes ( Syrdarja ) near the Persian city Kuruškatha (city of Cyrus). The Tajik city of Khujand (Хуҷанд; خجند) is located here today . The city was the northernmost outpost of the Alexander Empire and later the Hellenistic world in Central Asia. According to the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus , Alexander founded the city during his campaign in Asia in 329 BC. BC in order to settle the veterans and wounded of his army there before the upcoming battle with the Scythians (Saks). The Macedonian army allegedly built a city wall in only 17 days under ineffective arrow fire from the Scythians. After the victory over the Scythians in the Battle of Jaxartes , Alexander received the ambassadors of the Scythian king in Alexandria Eschate to conclude peace. Only after the death of Alexander were the Scythians to break this agreement and advance southwards again across the Jaxartes.
The historian Strabo reports that at the time of the Diadoch Wars, the city initially came under Seleucid influence. In 245 BC However, the eastern satrapies Parthia and Bactria rebelled against the rule of the Seleucids, making Alexandria Eschate part of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.
The historian Rufus claims that Alexandria Eschate lived until 30 BC. BC preserved its Hellenistic culture.