Aria (region)
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Aria was an Achaemenid region centered on the city of Herat in present-day western Afghanistan. In classical sources, Aria has been several times confused with the greater region of ancient Ariana, of
Eastern Satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire
Artaxerxes III Arian soldier
Alexandria Ariana
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Alexandria Ariana was a settlement founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BC during his invasion of Persia and Central Asia. The city was the first of many founded by Alexander to be established in the
The Herat Citadel, which may be built over Alexander the Great's settlement.