The Battle of Ctesiphon in 165 AD was part of the wider Roman-Parthian War. The Parthians had tried but failed to take Armenia in the previous years,...
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Battle, fall, siege or sack of Ctesiphon may refer to: Battle of Ctesiphon (116), under Roman Emperor Trajan Battle of Ctesiphon (165), under Lucius Verus...
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began an invasion of Mesopotamia, winning battles at Dura-Europos and Seleucia and sacking Ctesiphon in 165. An epidemic, possibly of smallpox, which was...
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Battle of Ctesiphon (165) – 165 – Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 (Roman–Parthian Wars) Battle of Ctesiphon (198) – 198 – Roman–Persian Wars Fall of Hatra...
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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (category Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr)
of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon in 636. After the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Siege of Ctesiphon (637), Sa'd served as the supreme commander of...
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Seleucia (category Quarters and suburbs of Ctesiphon)
The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (The Synod of Mar Isaac) met in 410 AD under the presidency of Mar Isaac, the bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon. The most important...
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the time by Shapur II. Aiming to capture the Sasanians' winter capital of Ctesiphon, Julian assembled a large army. In order to mislead the opponent and...
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The Battle of Naissus in 268 or 269 was the defeat of a Gothic coalition by the Roman Empire under Emperor Gallienus (or Emperor Claudius II Gothicus)...
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Roman–Persian Wars (redirect from Roman–Sasanian war of the 3rd century)
winning battles at Dura-Europos and Seleucia and sacking Ctesiphon in 165. An epidemic which was sweeping Parthia at the time, possibly of smallpox,...
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Parthian Empire (redirect from Arsacid Dynasty of Parthia)
expansion of Arsacid power, the seat of central government shifted from Nisa to Ctesiphon along the Tigris (south of Baghdad), although several other sites...
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Lucius Verus (category People of the Roman–Parthian Wars)
right bank of the Tigris and Ctesiphon on the left. Ctesiphon was taken and its royal palace set to flame. The citizens of Seleucia, still largely Greek...
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Septimius Severus (category People of the Roman–Parthian Wars)
successful war in the east against the Parthian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 197 and expanding the eastern frontier to the Tigris. He then enlarged...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Roman battles Sherman Storytelling:...
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Hormizd IV (redirect from Hormizd IV of Persia)
capital of Ctesiphon. The combined force moved south along the river Euphrates, accompanied by a fleet of ships. The army stormed the fortress of Anatha...
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and Media and sacked Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital. On his deathbed in the spring of 161, Emperor Antoninus Pius had spoken of nothing but the state...
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Bakr started a war of conquest by invading neighboring rich and fertile Iraq, a province of Sassanid Empire where its capital Ctesiphon situated. Muslims...
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battles". In an earlier engagement outside the walls of Ctesiphon, Marcellinus again notes the value of the quick advance by the infantry: both sides fought...
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Maurice (emperor) (category People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars)
stormed the fortress of Anatha and moved on until it reached the region of Beth Aramaye in central Mesopotamia, near Ctesiphon. There they found the...
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right bank of the Tigris and Ctesiphon on the left. Ctesiphon was taken and its royal palace set to flame. The citizens of Seleucia, still largely Greek...
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Mesopotamian campaign (category Battles of World War I involving New Zealand)
Basra Battle of Qurna Battle of Shaiba Battle of Es Sinn Battle of Ctesiphon Siege of Kut Attempts to Relieve Kut: Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad Battle of the...
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Battle of Amida in 359 AD and the Siege of Pirisabora in 363 AD, Emperor Julian met Shapur in 363 AD in the Battle of Ctesiphon outside the walls of the...
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Demosthenes (category People who died under the regency of Antipater)
xii. Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 173 Archived 20 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Aeschines, The Speech on the Embassy, 165. Archived 20 May 2012 at...
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Stilicho (redirect from Siege of Milan (402))
embassy mission to the court of the Persian King Shapur III in Ctesiphon to negotiate a peace settlement relating to the partition of Armenia. Historians have...
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of the entire Empire. He launched an expensive campaign against the Sasanian Persians. He succeeded in marching to the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon,...
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Marcus Aurelius (category Augurs of the Roman Empire)
right bank of the Tigris and Ctesiphon on the left. Ctesiphon was taken and its royal palace set to flame. The citizens of Seleucia, still largely Greek...
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Siege warfare in ancient Rome (category Military history of ancient Rome)
course of his Parthian campaigns, succeeded in besieging and conquering their capital, Ctesiphon, but not the important stronghold of Hatra. 165 Lucius...
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Persian army at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah and moved on to capture Ctesiphon. By the end of 638, the Muslims had conquered all of the Western Sassanid...
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No. 30 Squadron RAF (category Military of British Ceylon)
by the Battle of Ctesiphon on 22–25 November 1915. An air reconnaissance mission on the eve of the battle carried out by Major H. L Reilly of the squadron...
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Band-e Kaisar (redirect from Bridge of Valerian)
across the important road between Pasargadae and the Sassanid capital Ctesiphon. Repaired repeatedly throughout the Islamic period, the dam bridge remained...
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Huns (category Invasions of Europe)
invasion was initially successful, coming close to the capital of the empire at Ctesiphon; however, they were defeated badly during the Persian counterattack...
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