Susiana
Susiana ( Greek Σουσιανή ) referred to a part of Persia in ancient times. The Susiana was in the 3rd millennium BC. Central region of the kingdom of Elam . In the Achaemenid Empire , Susiana was a satrapy . In later times the area was identified more often with Elymais . To what extent Susiana and Elymais match, overlap or the Susiana is a part of Elymais cannot be said due to the changing boundaries and unclear provisions in the sources.
The most important city in Susiana was Susa .
The area roughly corresponds to the flat part of Khuzestan in today's Iran .
literature
- Hans Jörg Nissen : Susiana. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , Sp. 1121.
- Susiana . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.