Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 5.52.1

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Now the nature of this road¹ is as I will show. All along it are the king's road stations and very good resting places, and the whole of it passes through country that is inhabited and safe. Its course through Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lydia and Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia is of the length of twenty stages, and ninety-four and a half parasangs.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] ἔχει γὰρ ἀμφὶ τῇ ὁδῷ ταύτῃ ὧδε· σταθμοί τε πανταχῇ εἰσι βασιλήιοι καὶ καταλύσιες κάλλισται, διὰ οἰκεομένης τε ἡ ὁδὸς ἅπασα καὶ ἀσφαλέος. διὰ μέν γε Λυδίης καὶ Φρυγίης σταθμοὶ τείνοντες εἴκοσι εἰσί, παρασάγγαι δὲ τέσσερες καὶ ἐνενήκοντα καὶ ἥμισυ.

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1. “The royal road from Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis to Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa is far older than the Persian empire,” say How and Wells. Evidence points to the existence of a Hittite capital in +Cappadocia [36,38.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Cappadocia, to connect which with Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis on the one hand and Assyria on the other was the purpose of the road.

Herodotus Histories 5.52.1

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