Farah, Afghanistan
Alexandria Prophthasia
Alexandria Prophthasia, also known as Alexandria in Drangiana, was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. The town was founded during an intermediate stop between Herat, in what is now Afghanistan, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and Kandahar. It is mentioned by Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Ammianus Marcellinus, Isidore of Charax, Stephanus of Byzantium and Pseudo-Plutarch.
- City
- Farah
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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