1) Place in Shahnameh 2) Sasanian city
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Ctesiphon (تيسفون, Tīsfūn; قطيسفون, Quṭaisifūn; others) was the imperial capital of the Parthian Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was one of the great cities of late ancient Mesopotamia. It was situated across the Tigris from where the Greek city of Seleucia stood and northeast of ancient Babylon. Today, the remains of the city...
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[orator] Ctesiphon was an orator in Athens during the reign of Alexander the Great. He is best known for sparking the controversy that led to Demosthenes` speech On the Crown and Aeschines` speech Against Ctesiphon. In 336 BC, Alexander the Great`s empire was spreading, and many in Athens were opposed to the ongoing wars. Among the most out...
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(from the article `Aeschines`) ...(including Athens) after the Battle of Chaeronea (338). The bitter hostility between Aeschines and Demosthenes worsened in the years that ...
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ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of modern Baghdad, in east-central Iraq. It ... [10 related articles]
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Ancient city (now Tak-i-Kesra) in Mesopotamia (now part of Iraq), on the River Tigris, about 32 km/20 mi southeast of Baghdad. Building materials from its ruins were used to build Bahgdad. The...
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Ancient city (now Tak-i-Kesra) in Mesopotamia (now part of Iraq), on the River Tigris, about 32 km/20 mi southeast of Baghdad. Building materials from its ruins were used to build Bahgdad. The facade and arched hall or throne-room of a palace are among the ruins left
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a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia.
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