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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 or the...
- 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...
- Ctesiphon (Gr****: Κτησιφῶν, Ktēsiphôn) was an orator in Athens during the reign of Alexander the Great. He is best known for sparking the controversy...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The siege of Ctesiphon took place from January to March 637, shortly after the Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah...
- The Battle of Ctesiphon took place on 29 May 363 between the armies of Roman Emperor Julian and an army of the Sasanian Empire (during Shapur II's reign)...
- 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...