CTESIPHON

Meaning of CTESIPHON in English

Pronunciation: ' te-s ə - ˌ fän, ' t ē -

Function: geographical name

ancient city cen Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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CTESIPHON — Ancient city, central Mesopotamia. Located on the Tigris River , southeast of modern Baghdad , Iraq, it was first a …
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CTESIPHON — /tes"euh fon'/ , n. a ruined city in Iraq, on the Tigris, near Baghdad: an ancient capital of Parthia.
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CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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CTESIPHON — also spelled Tusbun, or Taysafun ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles …
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CTESIPHON — Ancient city, central Mesopotamia. Located on the Tigris River , southeast of modern Baghdad , Iraq, it was first a …
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CTESIPHON — Ктесифон
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TIGRIS RIVER — Arabic Dijlah Turkish Dicle biblical Hiddekel River, Turkey and Iraq. It originates in the Taurus Mountains at Lake Hazar and …
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SĀSĀNIAN DYNASTY — or Sāssānian dynasty Persian dynasty (AD 224–651). Founded by Ardashīr I (r. AD 224–241) and named for his ancestor Sāsān …
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PARTHIA — Ancient land, southwestern Asia. Corresponding roughly to modern northeastern Iran, it formed a province of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty and …
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JULIAN — I or Julian the Apostate Latin Julianus Apostata orig. Flavius Claudius Julianus born AD 331/332, Constantinople died June 26/27, 363, …
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VONONES I — died AD 19, , Antioch, Syria king of Parthia (reigned AD 7/8-11). Vonones was the eldest son of Phraates IV …
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VOLOGESES V (OR IV) — flourished 2, nd and 3rd centuries king of Parthia who reigned 191208/209. He first appeared in 191 as a rebel …
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VOLOGESES IV (OR III) — died AD 192 king of Parthia (reigned 148192). In the early part of his reign he was able to restore …
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VOLOGESES I — died c. AD 80 king of Parthia (reigned c. AD 5180), the son of the previous king, Vonones II, by …
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TIGRIS RIVER — Old Persian Tigra, Greek Trigres, or Tigris, Latin Tigris, Akkadian Idiklat, biblical Hiddekel, Arabic Dijla, Turkish Dicle river in Turkey …
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JULIAN — born AD 331/332, , Constantinople died June 26/27, 363, Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia byname Julian the Apostate, Latin Julianus Apostata, original name …
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