02-01-2009, 08:10 PM
Hey guys, I’m doing a bit of research on the Roman city of Saguntum and I was wondering if anyone could help me on the origin of its previous name.
The city was known as Arse before the Romans changed it to Saguntum, I don’t know when it was called this.
I think that a probable explanation could be that the name came from a Greek translation of a Persian people.
Arses is a Greek form of the name of Artaxerxes, or Artakhshassa, and the earliest reference to this is Artaxerxes 1st Longimanus King of Persia who died in 424BC.
Before him in about 500bc was Arsames 1st breif King of Persia.
Their is an Artaxias 1 King of Iberia so its possible that since, some say that the Spanish Iberia was inhabited by these people from Caucasus Iberians, the name Arta found its way to the Edetan area and under Greek influence the city was called Arse after some Arta(person) whose family held sufficient power since they arrived.
Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks.
The city was known as Arse before the Romans changed it to Saguntum, I don’t know when it was called this.
I think that a probable explanation could be that the name came from a Greek translation of a Persian people.
Arses is a Greek form of the name of Artaxerxes, or Artakhshassa, and the earliest reference to this is Artaxerxes 1st Longimanus King of Persia who died in 424BC.
Before him in about 500bc was Arsames 1st breif King of Persia.
Their is an Artaxias 1 King of Iberia so its possible that since, some say that the Spanish Iberia was inhabited by these people from Caucasus Iberians, the name Arta found its way to the Edetan area and under Greek influence the city was called Arse after some Arta(person) whose family held sufficient power since they arrived.
Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks.
