Ktesiphon
Die Hauptstadt des Parther- und des Sassanidenreiches am Tigris, mit dem berühmten Bogen Taq-e Kasra, 637 n. Chr. von den muslimischen Arabern erobert.
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- Role
- Parthian & Sasanian capital
- Key monument
- Taq Kasra (Arch of Ctesiphon)
- Conquest
- By Arab Muslims, 637 CE
Details
Ctesiphon (Middle Persian; near modern Baghdad in Iraq) was the winter capital and political center of the Parthian and then Sasanian empires, and for centuries ranked among the world's largest and most splendid cities. Its most prominent surviving monument, the Taq Kasra (Arch of Ctesiphon), is the largest unreinforced brick arch of the ancient world and a symbol of the apogee of Sasanian architecture. Ctesiphon was the center of Sasanian Iran's culture, commerce, and administration, and at times the scene of confrontation with the Roman Empire. The city fell to the Arab Muslim army in 637 CE and declined after the founding of Baghdad. Its ruins, especially the Taq Kasra, remain a symbol of Sasanian grandeur.
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Quellen
- Encyclopaedia Iranica — 'Ctesiphon'
- Britannica — 'Ctesiphon'
- Britannica — 'Ṭāq Kisrā'