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Isidore of Charax
Isidore of Charax was a Greek geographer of the late 1st century BCE or early 1st century CE, from Charax Spasinou in Characene. His surviving Parthian Stations describes the caravan route from Antioch across Mesopotamia and Iran to Arachosia, listing its stopping places and distances, and is a key source for the geography of the Parthian Empire.
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