Ctesiphon (2662 bytes)
1: ...jpg|left|thumb|Taq-i-Kasra, Ctesiphon, today.]]'''Ctesiphon''' was one of the great cities of ancient [[Mesop...
5: ...[[197]], the emperor [[Septimius Severus]] sacked Ctesiphon and carried off thousands of its inhabitants, pos...
7: ...e:Stamp IQ 1923 3a.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ruins of Ctesiphon depicted on a 1923 postage stamp of Iraq]]
13: Ctesiphon fell to the [[Islam|Islamic]] [[Saracens]] in [[6...
15: The ruins of Ctesiphon were the site of a major battle of [[World War I]...

Khujut Rabu (425 bytes)
1: ...s. Modern tourists can still visit the [[Arch of Ctesiphon]].

Isbanir (178 bytes)
1: ...s believed to be based on the real-life city of [[Ctesiphon]].

Pattig (338 bytes)
3: ...dan]]. Pattig left Hamadan for the metropolitan [[Ctesiphon]], the capital of the [[Persian Empire]]. He late...

Susa (2684 bytes)
10: ...n rulers wintered in Susa and spent the summer in Ctesiphon.

Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin (707 bytes)
1: ...nd thus, occupied the patriarchal See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon at Quchanis for 15 years. He was assassinated in ...

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11: ... defeated in combat by the [[Persia]]ns outside [[Ctesiphon]]

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11: *[[Ctesiphon]] is captured by the [[Roman empire|Romans]], but...

Aeschines (3343 bytes)
11: ...the two rivals delivered their speeches ''Against Ctesiphon'' and ''On the Crown''. The result was a complete...
21: ...872), [[Friedrich Blass|Blass]] (1896); ''Against Ctesiphon'', Weidner (1872), (1878), GA and WH Simcox (1866...

Bahram II of Persia (789 bytes)
3: ...r [[Carus]] attacked the Persians and conquered [[Ctesiphon]] ([[283]]), but died by the [[plague]].

637 (1009 bytes)
12: ...efeat [[Persia]]n army, take Persian capital of [[Ctesiphon]]

116 (1134 bytes)
11: ...thia]] by capturing the cities of [[Seleucia]], [[Ctesiphon]] and [[Susa]], marking the high-water mark of th...

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11: *[[Galerius]] conquers [[Ctesiphon]] on the [[Persia]]ns; in the following peace set...

Siege of Kut (3841 bytes)
5: ... division had lost around a third of its men at [[Ctesiphon]] and only around 11,000 soldiers plus cavalry re...

Syriac Christianity (3360 bytes)
4: ...opotamian cities of [[Edessa]], [[Nisibis]] and [[Ctesiphon]] became Syriac cultural centres.
8: ... of the day as it did to theological orthodoxy. [[Ctesiphon]], the Persian capital, became the capital of the...

283 (1160 bytes)
13: * [[Carus]] conquers [[Ctesiphon]], capital of the [[Sassanid dynasty|Persian king...

197 (1325 bytes)
11: *Roman Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] sacks [[Ctesiphon]] and captures an enormous number of its inhabita...

Legio III Parthica (1226 bytes)
3: ...astern frontier. The campaign was a success and [[Ctesiphon]], the Parthian capital was taken and sacked. III...

Khosrau II of Persia (3356 bytes)
5: ...dged Khosrau, and in 591 he was brought back to [[Ctesiphon]]. Bahram Chobin was beaten and fled to the [[Tur...
11: ... (627)|Battle of Nineveh]] and advanced towards [[Ctesiphon]]. Khosrau fled from his favourite residence, Das...

Yazdegerd III of Persia (1327 bytes)
5: [[Ctesiphon]] was occupied by the Arabs, and the king fled in...

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