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Ctesiphon
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Ctesiphon

Capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present Iraq

Cityancient cityarchaeological siteQ192541

Also known as Al-Mada'in · Mahoze · Mahuza · Mint of Ctesiphon

Country
Located in
Population
  • 500,000(0622)
  • , 500,000(0575)
Area
  • 30 km²
Founded
  • 120s BCE

Overview

All data

62 statements · 8% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Capital of
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Located in or next to body of water
Shares border with
Culture
Significant event
Dissolved
  • March 637
Part of
Replaced by

On other databases

33 identifiers linking Ctesiphon across the web's reference databases