Ctesiphon

settlement · 540 BC – 2000 AD

An imperial capital of the Arsacid and Sasanian empires, this large ancient city originated as early as the third century BCE and declined in the eighth century CE. It was located on the left bank of the Tigris River 35 km south of what would later become modern Baghdad in Iraq. It was part of a complex network of settlements in the area, among which Seleucia (modern Vēh Ardašīr) also featured prominently. It was attacked, and sometimes occupied, by Roman forces multiple times.

Ctesiphon
Coordinates
33.09470, 44.58122
Also known as
Arch of Ctesiphon, Cesiphun (la), Cesiphvn (la), Ctesifonte, Ctesiphon, Ctesifon (ka), Ctésiphon, Ktesifon, Ktesiphon, Ktezyfon, Ktésifon, Ktésifón, Ktēsiphōn, Ktesiphon (grc), Medāʾin (ota), Qṭispon, Qtispon (syr), Qṭispōn, Salmān Pāk, Salman Pak (fa), Seleukia-Ktesiphon, Taq Kisra, Tisifōn, Tisifon (xmn), al-Madāʾin, al-Mada'in, el-Mada'in, Madain, Madaen (arb), qtsypwn, taqksry, Κτησιφῶν (grc), Ṭāq-e Kesrā, Taq-e Kesra, Taq-e Kisra, Taq-i Kisra, Tagh-e Kasra, Tagh-i Kasra, Taq-i Khusrau (fa), Ṭāq-e Kisrā
Dating
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