the Arian capital Artacoana. The province was part of the Seleucid Empire but was captured by others on various occasions and became part of the Parthian Empire in 167 BC. Aria was sometime between the late 2nd- and early 3rd-century conquered by the Kushan Empire, who would later in ca. 230 lose the province to the Sasanian Empire, where it became known as Harev. See also Arii (disambiguation) Arianus (disambiguation) Alexandria in Ariana Arian (disambiguation) Ariana (disambiguation) Artacoana Herat References Sources Geographic history of Afghanistan Achaemenid satrapies History of Herat Province Ancient history of Afghanistan