Ctesiphon: All Data
Ctesiphon is a city in Iraq. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Ctesiphon: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
246 BC
Capital of Parthian Empire
117 AD
Mentioned in Event: Trajan's Parthian Campaign
165 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ctesiphon (165)
166 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman-Parthian War of 161-166
198 AD
Mentioned in Event: Military Campaigns in Parthia by Septmius Severus
198 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ctesiphon (198)
226 AD
Capital of Sasanian Empire
263 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ctesiphon (263)
284 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sasanian Campaign of Carus and Numerian
364 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ctesiphon (363), part of Sasanian Campaign of Julian
627 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine Counterattack (Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628)
637 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Ctesiphon, part of Conquest of Persia
1915 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ctesiphon (1915), part of Mesopotamian campaign
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign