Susa

(orum), now Suster , a celebrated city of Asia, the chief town of Susiana, and the capital of the Persian empire, built by Tithonus the father of Memnon. Cyrus took it. The walls of Susa were above 120 stadia in circumference. The treasures of the kings of Persia were generally kept there, and the royal palace was built with white marble, and its pillars were covered with gold and precious stones. It was usual with the kings of Persia to spend the summer at Ecbatana, and the winter at Susa, because the climate was more warm than at any other royal residence. It has been called Memnonia , or the palace of Memnon, because that prince reigned there. Pliny , bk. 6 , ch. 26 , . — Lucan , bk. 2 , li. 49 .— Strabo , bk. 15 .— Xenophon , Cyropædia .— Pro pert i us , bk. 2 , poem 13.— Claudian.