The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Ctesiphon
Also known as The Cities, Mada'in, Al-Mada'in
- city
- Parthian/Persian imperial
The Sasanian capital on the Tigris, known to the Arabs as the Cities or al-Mada'in. Its palaces fall to Roman raids and finally to the Muslim conquest.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Parthian/Persian imperial
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 32
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The Sasanian capital on the Tigris, known to the Arabs as the Cities or al-Mada'in. Its palaces fall to Roman raids and finally to the Muslim conquest.
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