Ctesiphon
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Ctesiphon was an ancient metropolis on the Tigris River that served for centuries as the principal capital of the Parthian and later Sasanian Persian empires.
Aliases (3)
Referenced by (11)
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Parthian Empire
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Sasanian Empire → Sasanian Empire ("Seleucia-Ctesiphon") → |
capital |
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Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
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capitalCaptured |
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Persians
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capitalOfHistoricalEmpire |
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Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
("Seleucia on the Tigris")
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citySacked |
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Persian
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historicalCapital |
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Assyrian Church of the East
("Seleucia-Ctesiphon")
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historicalCenter |
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Hellenistic period
("Seleucia on the Tigris")
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majorCity |
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Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
("ancient city of Ctesiphon")
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near |
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Sasanian Empire
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religiousCenter |