Susa: Timeline

647 BC   King Monarch

A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state [i]. ... 

 Assurbanipal of Assyria Assyria

Assyria in earliest historical times referred to a region on the Upper Tigris [i] river, named for its o ... 

 sacks Susa.

331 BC   Battle of Gaugamela: Alexander the Great Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon [i] , was one of the most succe ... 

 defeats Darius III Darius III of Persia

Darius III or Codomannus , was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire [i] of Persia [i] from ... 

 in Assyria, in his most decisive victory. He moves on to take Babylon Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province [i] ... 

 and Susa

116   Roman Emperor Trajan Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus , Roman Emperor [i] , commonly called , was the second of th ... 

 completes his invasion of Parthia Parthia

Parthia was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of ... 

 by capturing the cities of Seleucia Seleucia on the Tigris

Seleucia on the Tigris – in the Talmud [i], Selik, Selika, and Selikos; in the Aramaic [i] ... 

, Babylon Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province [i] ... 

, Ctesiphon Ctesiphon

Ctesiphon is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia [i] and the capital of the Parthian Empire [i] ... 

 and Susa, marking the high-water mark of the Roman Empire Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman [i] civilization characterized by an autocratic [i] ... 

's eastern expansion.

414   Abdas, bishop of Susa, burns down a Zoroastrian temple; in retaliation, king Yazdegerd orders the destruction of Christian Christian

A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth [i], referred to as Christ [i]. ... 

 churches. =

639   During the Islamic conquest of Persia, Susa is destroyed