#ctesiphon

Ctesiphon

Ancient city in present-day Iraq that served as the capital of the Parthian and Sassanid empires

Ctesiphon was an ancient Iraqi city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of present-day Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight hundred years. Ctesiphon was capital of the Sasanian Empire from 226–637 until the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 AD.

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