Elymais | |||||||||
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| 147 BC–221/222 AD | |||||||||
 Approximate extent of Elymais in 51 BC. | |||||||||
| Status | Autonomous state, frequently a vassal of the Parthian Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Susa | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King of Elymais | |||||||||
• ca. 147 BC | Kamnaskires I Soter | ||||||||
• 221/222 AD | Orodes V | ||||||||
| Historical era | Classical antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 147 BC | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 221/222 AD | ||||||||
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Elymais or Elamais (Ἐλυμαΐς, Hellenic form of the more ancient name, Elam) was an autonomous state of the 2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, frequently a vassal under Parthian control. It was located at the head of the Persian Gulf in Susiana (the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran).[1] Most of the population probably descended from the ancient Elamites,[1] who once had control of that area.