Alexandria in Ariana

Alexandria in Ariana

Alexandria in Ariana was a city in what is now present-day Afghanistan, one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. The third largest Afghan city, Herat, is the city's modern name. [ [http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_z2.html Alexander the Great: his towns] ]

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