Seleucia-on-Tigris
Meanings
name
- The capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a major city in Parthian and Sasanian periods
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin Seleucia ad Tigrim, from its position on the Tigris River, used to distinguish it from other Seleucias.
Synonyms
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