Ctesiphon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Ingrid Luo, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976
33.094703, 44.5812226667
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20201 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 22463 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ctesiphon (330 BC - AD 640)
- Ctesiphon (Georgian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ktesiphon (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphōn: Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 2000)
- Qṭispon (Syriac, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Qṭispōn (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Salmān Pāk (Modern Persian, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Tisifōn (Middle Persian, AD 284 - AD 650)
- Tisifōn (Modern Persian, AD 284 - AD 650)
- al-Madāʾin (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 2000)
- Ṭāq-e Kesrā (Modern Persian, AD 1258 - AD 1725)
- Ṭāq-e Kisrā (AD 1258 - AD 1335)
- Ctesiphon capital of Parthian empire (200 BC - AD 224)
- Ctesiphon located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Balictanor next place in route Ctesiphon (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Ctesiphon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: al-Ma'aridh
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Ingrid Luo, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ctesiphon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976> [accessed: 21 April 2025]
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