An imperial capital of the Arsacid and Sassanid empire, this large ancient city originated at least as early as the third century BCE and declined in the eighth century of the modern era. It was located on the left bank of the Tigris river 35km south of what would later become modern Baghdad in Iraq. It was part of a complex network of settlements in the area, among which Seleucia (modern Vēh Ardašīr) also featured prominently. It was attacked, and sometimes occupied, by Roman forces multiple times.
Ctesiphon
dare:major=1
dare:ancient=1
dare:feature=major settlement
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
Ctesiphon
al-Ma'aridh
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Ctesiphon
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 16.1
ToposText Ktesiphon (Mesopotamia)
EncIran (online) CTESIPHON
Wikipedia (English) Taq-i Kisra
Oppenheimer 1983 198-207
GeoNames 90287: Ctesiphon
Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.130.2
TM GEO ID 42160: Ktesiphon (Al-Maaridh)
TP (Talbert: CUP) 11C1 (Talbert 2695)
Chaves Yates 2018
Wikipedia (English) Ctesiphon
Wikipedia (English) Salman Pak
Wikipedia (English) Al-Mada'in
BAtlas 91 F4 Ctesiphon
Ktesiphon
Qṭispōn
Κτησιφῶν
Ṭāq-e Kesrā, Taq-e Kesra, Taq-e Kisra, Taq-i Kisra, Tagh-e Kasra, Tagh-i Kasra, Taq-i Khusrau
Salmān Pāk, Salman Pak
Ṭāq-e Kisrā
Tisifōn, Tisifon
Tisifōn, Tisifon
Qṭispon, Qtispon
Ctesiphon, Ctesifon
Ctesiphon
al-Madāʾin, al-Mada'in, el-Mada'in, Madain, Madaen
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An imperial capital of the Arsacid and Sassanid empire, this large ancient city originated at least as early as the third century BCE and declined in the eighth century of the modern era. It was located on the left bank of the Tigris river 35km south of what would later become modern Baghdad in Iraq. It was part of a complex network of settlements in the area, among which Seleucia (modern Vēh Ardašīr) also featured prominently. It was attacked, and sometimes occupied, by Roman forces multiple times.
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
urban area
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Caliphate-Umayyad Middle East (AD 632–750)
Early Islamic, Rashidun-Umayyad [starts with death of Muhammed who only controlled Arabia] [[632,750]]
Ktesiphon
Ktesiphon
TAVO Index
632
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
750
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 949)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
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DARMC location 20201
DARMC OBJECTID: 20201
DARMC 20201
-330
640
5M scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
Roman Early Empire/Parthian Middle East (30 BC – AD 226)
Early Roman/Parthian [[-30, 226]]
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
Transition Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (AD 284–337)
Mediterranean [[284, 337]]
Late Antique/Sasanian Middle East (AD 300–640)
ME [[300, 640]]
Proto-Byzantine (AD 500–650)
Early Byzantine; includes Justinian I [[500, 650]]
Tisifon
Tisifōn
Tisifōn
TAVO Index
284
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
650
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1696)
Modern Middle East (AD 1918–2000)
ME [[1918, 2000]]
Abassid Middle East (AD 750–940)
ME, northern Africa [[750, 940]]
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DARE Location
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (2012-10-15)
-330
640
Representative point location, site precision
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DARMC location 22463
DARMC OBJECTID: 22463
DARMC 22463
-330
640
Representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
Ilkhanate Middle East (AD 1258–1335)
Ilkhanid, Hulagu, Early Mongol [[1258,1335]]
Ṭāq-e Kisrā
Ṭāq-e Kisrā
TAVO Index
1258
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
1335
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1649)
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
Middle Byzantine (AD 850-1200)
Middle Byzantine period in areas where such designations are appropriate. [[850, 1200]]
Crusader/Byzantine/Seljuq Middle East (AD 1081–1204)
Latin/1st-4th Crusades—end of Middle Byzantine—Rum/Seljuq [[1081, 1204]]
Seljuq-Khwarezmian Middle East (AD 1037–1258)
ME [[1037,1258]]
Samanid-Ghaznavid Iran (AD 819–1186)
Iran [[819,1186]]
el-Mada'in
al-Mada'in
Madaen
al-Madāʾin
Madain
al-Madāʾin
TAVO Index
632
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
2000
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 1011)
Achaemenid-Roman Republic Middle East (540–30 BC)
ME [[-540,-30]]
Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Ctesiphon
-330
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
640
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
Safavid Middle East (AD 1501–1725)
Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1501,1725]]
Taq-e Kesra
Taq-i Kisra
Taq-i Khusrau
Tagh-e Kasra
Ṭāq-e Kesrā
Taq-e Kisra
Tagh-i Kasra
Ṭāq-e Kesrā
TAVO Index
1258
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
1725
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1649)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Ctesiphon
Ctesifon
Ctesiphon
TAVO Index
300
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
640
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 356)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Hellenistic Middle East (330–140 BC)
Macedonian—Seleucid/Ptolemaic/Attalid/Greco-Bactrian [[-330, -140]]
Roman Middle East (140 BC – AD 640)
ME [[-140, 640]]
Κτησιφῶν
Ktesiphon
Ktēsiphōn
Ktēsiphōn
TAVO Index
-540
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
2000
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 2, p. 949)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Qtispon
Qṭispon
Qṭispon
TAVO Index
300
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
640
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1314)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Salmān Pāk
Salman Pak
Salmān Pāk
TAVO Index
1918
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
2000
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1416)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
Qṭispōn
Qṭispōn
TAVO Index
300
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
640
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1314)
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
Tisifon
Tisifōn
Tisifōn
TAVO Index
284
2022-07-24T22:12:22-04:00
650
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1696)