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Sentence Examples
First there is the map on both inside covers tracing the great man's absurdly convoluted campaigns through such intestinally named places as Bactria, Sogdiana and Ecbatana.
Afterwards, Alexander travelled to Ecbatana to retrieve the bulk of the Persian treasure.
Examples from Classical Literature
It may be said that the straightest road to Baktria did not lie through Ecbatana.
Burn them, and in ten days thou shalt be under the walls of Ecbatana.
In each of these provinces the principal city was called Ecbatana.
Alexander sent him to Ecbatana, where he was condemned to death.
The road from Susiana to Ecbatana ran through the district of Cambadene.
In the early spring he set out with the bulk of his army to Ecbatana.
This document was afterwards discovered in the archives of Ecbatana.
From his proud citadel at Ecbatana he ruled from the Halys to the Oxus.
Alexander in eleven forced marches advanced from Ecbatana to Ragha.
On his return trip to Macedonia, he fell in in Ecbatana, Parthia, and died.
Wilt thou allow search to be made in the house of the rolls at Ecbatana?
Median gradually established the first Persian Empire led by Diaako and chose a certain city that was Ecbatana or concourse of people for being the capital.
