The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Susa
Also known as Shush
- city
- Persian
The ancient Persian city on the Khuzestan plain, once an Achaemenid capital of palaces and heat. In Gibbon it remains a name of the Iranian east, distinct from the Alpine town of the same Roman name.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Persian
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 45
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The ancient Persian city on the Khuzestan plain, once an Achaemenid capital of palaces and heat. In Gibbon it remains a name of the Iranian east, distinct from the Alpine town of the same Roman name.
Appearances
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