Aria (region)

Aria
Province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian Empires
ca. 530 BC–early 3rd-century
Aria (satrapy) Eastern territories of the Achaemenid Empire, including Aria (around the city of Areia). Arian soldier, on a relief of the tomb of Artaxerxes III (circa 338 BCE).
Capital	Artacoana (530 BC-330 BC) Alexandria (330 BC–3rd-century)
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	ca. 530 BC
• Kushan conquest	early 3rd-century
Today part of	Afghanistan

Aria (Greek: Ἀρ(ε)ία Ar(e)ía, آريا; Latin Aria, representing Old Persian. 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Haraiva, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬬𐬀‎ Harōiva) was an Achaemenid region centered on the city of Herat in present-day western Afghanistan. In classical sources, Aria has been several times confused^{[citation needed]} with the greater region of ancient Ariana, of which Aria formed a part.