A king who ruled from this city apocryphally had a prophetic dream in which his daughter's urine flooded his kingdom, foreshadowing his grandson's conquest of his domain, and when a general of his refused to kill that grandson, he forced the general to eat his own son.
Henry Rawlinson tried to prove that this city was preceded by one of the same name in a different location, but it is now known that he was dealing with the city of Gazaca. A king who ruled from this city apocryphally had a prophetic dream in which his daughter's urine flooded his kingdom, foreshadowing his grandson's conquest of his domain, and when a general of his refused to kill that grandson, he forced the general to eat his own son. This city was supposedly built with seven walls, each a different color. After his son Philotas was caught conspiring against Alexander the Great, the Macedonian general Parmenion was killed in this city. This city was taken by (*) Cyrus the Great after defeating its ruler, his grandfather Astyages. For 10 points, name this Iranian city that served as a capital for the Parthians, Achaemenids, and Medes.
Henry Rawlinson tried to prove that this city was preceded by one of the same name in a different location, but it is now known that he was dealing with the city of Gazaca.
Ecbatana (accept Hangmatana)