Seleucia-on-Tigris

English

Etymology

From Latin Seleucia ad Tigrim, from its position on the Tigris River, used to distinguish it from other Seleucias.

Proper noun

Seleucia-on-Tigris

  1. (historical) The capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a major city in Parthian and Sasanian periods

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