Apavarcticene
Ἀπαυαρκτικηνή
Apavarcticene (Ἀπαυαρκτικηνή, Isid. Char. pp. 2, 7, ed. Hudson; Ἀρτικηνή, or Παραυκτικηνή, Ptol. 6.5.1; APAVORTENE, Plin. Nat. 6.16. s. 18; ZAPAORTENE, Just. 41.5), a district of Parthia, in the south-eastern part of the country, with a strongly fortified city, called Dareium, or Dara, built by Arsaces I., situated on the mountain of the Zapaorteni. (Justin. l.c.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.