Isidore of Charax

• Isidore of Charax was a Parthian Geographer from Charax Spasinou, in modern Iraq.
• He wrote an Itinerary called ‘Parthian Stations’ around c. 24 BCE.

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• Parthian Stations (c.24 BCE)
  • This was an Itinerary of all the Caravan stations along the road through Parthia.
  • The road ran from Antioch in Syria all the way through Parthia to India.

Charax, Al-Bubsairy, Iraq