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)

Seleucia on the Tigris ×2
Seleucia-Ctesiphon ×2
ancient city of Ctesiphon ×1

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Parthian Empire → Sasanian Empire → Sasanian Empire ("Seleucia-Ctesiphon") →	capital
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 →	capitalCaptured
Persians →	capitalOfHistoricalEmpire
Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 ("Seleucia on the Tigris") →	citySacked
Persian →	historicalCapital
Assyrian Church of the East ("Seleucia-Ctesiphon") →	historicalCenter
Hellenistic period ("Seleucia on the Tigris") →	majorCity
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ("ancient city of Ctesiphon") →	near
Sasanian Empire →	religiousCenter