Pasargadae

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

PASA´RGADAE(Πασαργάδαι), according to Herodotus, one of the three chief tribes of the ancient Persians (1.125); according to other writers, a people of the adjoining province of Carmania (Ptol. 6.8.12; Dionys. 5.1069). The probability is, that they were the inhabitants of Pasargadae in Persis.
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