At Ctesiphon Trajan crowned a new vassal king, but revolt was in the wind, and attempts to disunite the Parthian chiefs failed. |
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In the south was Characene, while to the northeast of Ctesiphon, which had supplanted Seleucia as the Parthian capital, was Garamea, with its capital at modern Kirkūk. |
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The latter became emperor in 193 and began operations that permitted him to occupy first northern and then southern Mesopotamia and, for the third time in a century, Ctesiphon. |
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A new attempt to place a son on the throne in Armenia angered Rome, which, with the aid of the nobility, sent for Tiridates III, a pretender the barons had crowned at Ctesiphon. |
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The Parthian capital Ctesiphon was sacked by the legions and the northern half of Mesopotamia was annexed to the Empire. |
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He succeeded in marching to the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon, but lacked adequate supplies for an assault. |
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Reaching Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital, he ordered plundering and his army slew and captured many people. |
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Trajan's war against the Parthian Empire ended with the sack of the capital Ctesiphon and the annexation of Armenia and Mesopotamia. |
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In that same year, he captured Seleucia and the Parthian capital Ctesiphon. |
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The Sasanians established an empire within the frontiers achieved by the Achaemenids, with their capital at Ctesiphon. |
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In order to diminish the religious significance of the place, the British systematically referred to Salman Pak by its classical Sassanid name, Ctesiphon. |
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Following the accession of Heraclius, the Sassanid advance pushed deep into the Levant, occupying Damascus and Jerusalem and removing the True Cross to Ctesiphon. |
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