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the topic "Seleucia on the Tigris"
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116 Roman Emperor TrajanTrajan Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus , Roman Emperor [i] , commonly called , was the second of th ...
completes his invasion of ParthiaParthia Parthia was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of ...
by capturing the cities of SeleuciaSeleucia on the Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris – in the Talmud [i], Selik, Selika, and Selikos; in the Aramaic [i] ...
, BabylonBabylon Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province [i] ...
, CtesiphonCtesiphon Ctesiphon is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia [i] and the capital of the Parthian Empire [i] ...
and SusaSusa Susa is a city in the Khuzestan [i] province of Iran [i]. It had an estimated population of 64,960 in 2 ...
, marking the high-water mark of the Roman EmpireRoman Empire The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman [i] civilization characterized by an autocratic [i] ...
's eastern expansion.
164 Seleucia on the Tigris is destroyed.
165 A Roman military operation under Avidius CassiusAvidius Cassius Gaius Avidius Cassius was a Roman usurper [i] who briefly ruled Egypt [i] and Syria [i] ...
was successful against ParthiaParthia Parthia was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of ...
, capturing ArtaxataArtaxata Artaxata, a city on the Araks River [i] in the Ararat valley, founded by Artaxias I [i] in 190 BC at the ...
, SeleuciaSeleucia on the Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris – in the Talmud [i], Selik, Selika, and Selikos; in the Aramaic [i] ...
, and CtesiphonCtesiphon Ctesiphon is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia [i] and the capital of the Parthian Empire [i] ...
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