The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Seleucia

  • city
  • Hellenistic Greek

Seleucia on the Tigris, the great Hellenistic foundation opposite later Ctesiphon. Its ruins marked the shift of Mesopotamian power from Greek to Persian royal cities.

Type
city
Style
Hellenistic Greek
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 32
Books
1

History

  1. 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)

    Seleucia on the Tigris, the great Hellenistic foundation opposite later Ctesiphon. Its ruins marked the shift of Mesopotamian power from Greek to Persian royal cities.

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