Mercator Map (1578); plate IX showing three of Alexander's foundations.
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία) also known as Alexandria in Drangiana was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.[1] The town was founded during an intermediate stop between Herat, in what is now Afghanistan, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and Kandahar.[2][3]
It is mentioned by Strabo,[4] Pliny the Elder,[5] Ammianus Marcellinus,[6] Isidore of Charax,[7] Stephanus of Byzantium[8] and Pseudo-Plutarch.[9] Alexander the Great, arrived in Drangiana in November 330 BC on his way to Kandahar, and found a well-organized province of the Achaemenid empire.[10][11] He appointed a new satrap, Arsames, and renamed the capital city as Prophthasia, ("Anticipation"), because Alexander had here discovered a conspiracy against his life, organized by his companion Philotas.
^Edward James Rapson, The Cambridge History of India, Volume 1. 1955 Cambridge University Press. Page 380
^Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Jean Hardouin, Pline l'Ancien, Hardouin page 698.
^Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths The Monthly Review May 1749-Sept. 1803 Page 514
^Strabo, 11.8 & 15.2.
^Pliny Naturalis Historia 6.61
^Ammianus Marcellinus 13.6.
^Isidore of Charax, Parthian Stations (Itinerarium) 17.
^Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ph670.21
^Pseudo-Plutarch De Alex.
^Caii Plinii secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus in usum Delphini Jean Hardouin, Pline l'Ancien, Hardouin page 698.
^Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths The Monthly Review May 1749-Sept. 1803 Page 514
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