Aria (region)

Aria
Aria
Province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian Empires
ca. 530 BC–early 3rd-century
Capital	Artacoana (530 BC-330 BC); Alexandria (330 BC–3rd-century);
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	ca. 530 BC
• Kushan conquest	early 3rd-century
Today part of	Afghanistan; Iran; Turkmenistan

Aria (satrapy)

Eastern territories of the Achaemenid Empire, including Aria (around the city of Areia).

Arian soldier, on a relief of the tomb of Artaxerxes III (circa 338 BCE).

Aria (Greek: Ἀρ(ε)ία Ar(e)ía, آريا; Latin Aria, representing Old Persian.