Persia

Description: Ancient empire east of Mesopotamia; Apollonius entered Persia on his journey eastward
Coordinates: 32.4279, 53.688

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Ancient empire east of Mesopotamia; Apollonius entered Persia on his journey eastward.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Apollonius entered Persia on his journey to India
"entered Persia, crossed the Caucasus"