Ctesifonte
Also known as Al-Mada'in, Mahoze, Mahuza
città antica della Mesopotamia (oggi Iraq)
AI overview
Ctesiphon was an ancient city located on the Tigris River in what is now Iraq, about 22 miles southeast of Baghdad, that served as a royal capital for Iranian empires for over 800 years during the Parthian and Sasanian periods. It matters historically because it functioned as the administrative center of the powerful Sasanian Empire from 226 until its conquest by Arab forces in the 630s-650s AD.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ctesiphon
- Ancient site.native_name
- ()
- Ancient site.image
- Ctesiphon map-en_reformat.svg
- Ancient site.caption
- Map of the metropolis of Ctesiphon in the Sasanian era
- Ancient site.map_type
- Iraq
- Ancient site.location
- Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
- Ancient site.region
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1928–1929, 1931–1932, 1960s–1970s
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Oscar Reuther, Antonio Invernizzi, Giorgio Gullini
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
Article · Italiano
Ctesifonte è stata una delle principali città dell'antica Mesopotamia, capitale dell'Impero partico prima e sasanide poi. Si suppone che nel VI secolo sia stata la città più popolata al mondo.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (17)
On the map
3 mapped locations