Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 34.806, 48.516 · 6 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 521 BC | Behistun Inscription | Phraortes is captured; his nose, ears and tongue are cut off and his eyes put out; he is kept in chains at court, then impaled at Ecbatana, and his chief followers are imprisoned in the fortress |
| 330 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | He marched on Ecbatana after hearing that Darius meant to head for the Caspian Gates from Media. Three days before Ecbatana, he learned from Bistanes that Darius had fled five days earlier with 7,000 talents and infantry and cavalry. |
| 324 BC | Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander | At Ecbatana, while sacrifices, games, and drinking parties were underway, Hephaestion fell ill with fever. Alexander rushed to him, but he was already dead. |
| 324 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Alexander is busy with theaters and festivals at Ecbatana (3,000 artists come from Greece) |
| 209 BC | Polybius, Histories | Description of the palace at Ecbatana in Media and Antiochus' advance |
| AD 642 | Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings | Fall of Hamadan |