Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 33.095, 44.581 · 16 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 116 | Eutropius, Breviarium | Trajan conquers and takes Seleucia, Ctesiphon and Babylon. |
| AD 197 | Zosimus, New History | In his Persian (Parthian) campaign Severus takes Ctesiphon and Babylon and conquers the tent-dwelling Arabs. |
| AD 198 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Severus took Ctesiphon, plundering and massacring, with 100,000 captives; Vologaesus did not pursue and withdrew for lack of supplies |
| AD 198 | Historia Augusta | As summer ends he invades Parthia, defeats the king, reaches Ctesiphon, and takes the city in early winter |
| AD 216 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Caracalla asks for the hand of the daughter of the Parthian king Artabanus. The king refuses, citing the two peoples' differing cultures, but wavers at gifts and oaths and consents. |
| AD 262 | Eutropius, Breviarium | Odaenathus defeats Persia and defends Syria, recovers Mesopotamia and advances as far as Ctesiphon. |
| AD 262 | Historia Augusta | Odaenathus besieges the Parthian army at Ctesiphon and ravages the surrounding region tradition |
| AD 262 | Historia Augusta | Odaenathus takes the title of king and attacks Persia, taking Nisibis and Mesopotamia, pursues Shapur to Ctesiphon and seizes his concubines and spoils tradition |
| AD 266 | Zosimus, New History | Odaenathus advances once more as far as Ctesiphon, shuts the Persians in their fortresses, and disposes of the plundered land as he likes. |
| AD 283 | Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus | Carus attacks and defeats Persia but, going too far beyond Ctesiphon, is struck and burned by lightning. |
| AD 283 | Eutropius, Breviarium | Carus attacks and defeats Persia and takes the renowned cities of Coche (Seleucia) and Ctesiphon. |
| AD 283 | Historia Augusta | He gathers Probus's forces and goes to Persia, conquers Mesopotamia without resistance, advances to Ctesiphon, and takes the title 'Persicus Maximus' |
| AD 283 | Zosimus, New History | Carus invades Persia and reaches Ctesiphon, winning the title of Persian emperor, but soon dies, either from the soldiers or by lightning. |
| AD 540 | Procopius, History of the Wars | About a day's march from Ctesiphon, Khosrow founds a new city, names it 'Khosrow's Antioch', and settles captives there. |
| AD 637 | Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings | Fall of Bahrasir and al-Mada'in — Yazdegerd flees |
| AD 811 | Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings | Tahir occupies al-Mada'in |