Susa

(in the Old Testament Shushan ; ruins at Shus ). The winter residence of the Persian kings, stood in the district Ci ia of the province of Susiana, on the eastern bank of the river Choaspes. It was conquered by An tigon us in 315 B.C. It was once more attacked by Molo in his rebellion against Antiochus the Great; and during the Arabian conquest of Persia it held out bravely for a long time, defended by Hormuzan.