Rhagae

American  

[rey-jee] / ˈreɪ dʒi /

noun

1. an ancient city of Media, on the site of present-day Tehran, Iran.

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Example Sentences

Rather, they moved periodically between the cities and regions of Babylon, Susa, Rhagae, Parthia, Ecbatana, Persepolis, and possibly others.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In any case the secret was soon carried to Persia, for we have ample evidence that it was practised at Rhagae in the next century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Alexander, with his main body, then pursued Darius through Media by forced marches and reached Rhagae, a distance of three hundred miles from Ecbatana, in eleven days.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

At Rhagae he heard that Darius had already passed the defile called the "Caspian Gates," leading into the Bactrian provinces; and, as that pass was fifty miles distant, urgent pursuit was evidently useless.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

Rhagae was once an important centre of the ceramic industry, but this was transferred to the neighbouring town of Veramin, in the 13th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various