Battle of Ctesiphon
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The Battle of Ctesiphon may refer to several battles fought near Ctesiphon
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Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon, the imperial capital of the Parthian Arsacids and of the Persian Sassanids, was one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia.The ruins of the city are located on the east bank of the Tigris, across the river from the Hellenistic city of Seleucia...
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- Battle of Ctesiphon (165)Battle of Ctesiphon (165)The Battle of Ctesiphon in 165 AD was part of the wider Roman-Parthian Wars. The Parthians had tried but failed to take Armenia in the previous years, but a Roman counter-attack saw them lay a successful siege and capture of Ctesiphon.-Aftermath:...
- Battle of Ctesiphon (198)Battle of Ctesiphon (198)The Battle of Ctesiphon was another successful capture of the severely weakened Parthian capital by Roman forces under Septimus Severus. Unlike previous captures, the Parthians were unable to recover fully from this one. In 224 AD, after numerous concessions to the Romans and vassal Kingdoms, a...
- Battle of Ctesiphon (363)Battle of Ctesiphon (363)The Battle of Ctesiphon took place on May 29, 363 between the armies of Roman Emperor Julian and the Sassanid King Shapur II outside the walls of the Persian capital Ctesiphon...
, between Roman emperor Julian the Apostate & Persian emperor Shapur II outside the walls of Ctesiphon - Siege of CtesiphonSiege of CtesiphonThe successful Siege of Ctesiphon by the Rashidun army lasted about two months, from January to March 637. Ctesiphon, located on the east bank of the Tigris, was one of the great cities of the Persian Empire, an imperial capital of the Arsacids and of their successors, the Sassanids...
(637), the Arab capture of the Persian capital - Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought in November 1915 by the British Empire and British India, against the Ottoman Empire, within the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I....
, between the British and Ottoman Empires