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Ctesiphon (/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/ TESS-if-on;
Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭,
Tyspwn or Tysfwn; Persian: تیسفون;
Ancient Gr****: Κτησιφῶν,
Attic Gr****: [ktɛːsipʰɔ̂ːn];...
- d-Maḏenḥā) or the East
Syriac Church, also
called the
Church of Seleucia-
Ctesiphon, the
Persian Church, the ****yrian Church, the
Babylonian Church, the Chaldean...
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Arsacid and S****anid Empires.
Ctesiphon may also
refer to:
Ctesiphon Arch, last
remaining part of
Ctesiphon city
Ctesiphon of Vergium, a 1st-century missionary...
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Ctesiphon (Gr****: Κτησιφῶν, Ktēsiphôn) was an
orator in
Athens during the
reign of
Alexander the Great. He is best
known for
sparking the controversy...
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first in
Edessa and then
transferred to the
Persian capital of Seleucia-
Ctesiphon in
central Mesopotamia during the
Roman conquest of Edessa. In the 9th...
- or sack of
Ctesiphon may
refer to:
Battle of
Ctesiphon (116), part of the Roman–Parthian Wars (Trajan v.
Osroes I)
Battle of
Ctesiphon (165), part of...
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called the Arch of
Ctesiphon. It is
located near the
modern town of
Salman Pak, Iraq. It was the
facade of the main
palace in
Ctesiphon, and is the only...
- The
bishopric of Seleucia-
Ctesiphon was
elevated to the
status of
metropolitan see at the
Council of Seleucia-
Ctesiphon in 410 and then
granted the...
- the Levant, and
parts of
Central Asia and
South Asia. They
maintained Ctesiphon as the
capital city—as it had been
under the Arsacids—for all but the...
- The
Battle of
Ctesiphon in 165 AD was part of the
wider Roman-Parthian War. The
Parthians had
tried but
failed to take
Armenia in the
previous years,...
