Ctesiphon

Julian failed to take Ctesiphon, but it was a close thing.

Already the decision had been made not to lay siege to Ctesiphon.

This spot was a mere three days' march from Ctesiphon itself.

When he'd tried to commit suicide outside Ctesiphon, death had again been denied him.

Julian at first won a tactical victory outside Ctesiphon, but could not take the city.

Little is left of the city of Ctesiphon, apart from the arch.

City survivors would have been marched off to Ctesiphon and there sold as slaves.

They loot the royal palace at Ctesiphon and take many people as slaves.

Saad wrote a detailed account of the march towards Ctesiphon.

I rode to the very walls of Ctesiphon and encountered no opposition.'

If we were to succeed in our attack on Ctesiphon, this large garrison could not be left at our back.

By now, many days into the ongoing strategy sessions at Ctesiphon, they had all learned not to gawk in place.

"You haven't complained once since we left Ctesiphon."

Now the entire land up to the very gates of Ctesiphon belonged to the Muslims.

We have learned that he has in fact gathered those troops, but is remaining encamped near the capital at Ctesiphon.

They had done so since the moment the army's core passed through the gates of Ctesiphon and began collecting the units gathered outside the city.

The Siege of Ctesiphon continued for two months, and the city was finally taken in March 637.

The Arabs kept the inhabitants inside the walls, and no messenger reached Ctesiphon.

During the Sassanid period, these reached massive proportions, particularly at Ctesiphon.

After a halt of nearly 9 months, Townshend then headed up river to Ctesiphon.

Demosthenes came to Ctesiphon's defence, and the case soon became a trial of strength between the two rivals.

Aeschines charged that the proposal was illegal, and Ctesiphon was put on trial in 330.

They say they aim to accompany us to Ctesiphon.'

In 299 he sacked their capital, Ctesiphon.

Lapaeumides ctesiphon is a moth in the Castniidae family.