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Seleucia on the Tigris

Seleucia
ܣܠܝܩ
Σελεύκεια (Ancient Greek)
Seleucia lies in the center of Iraq
Seleucia lies in the center of Iraq
Shown within Iraq
Alternate name Salīq, Seleucia-on-Tigris, Seleucia on the Tigris
Location Babil Governorate, Iraq
Region Mesopotamia
Coordinates 33°5′40″N 44°31′20″E / 33.09444°N 44.52222°E / 33.09444; 44.52222Coordinates: 33°5′40″N 44°31′20″E / 33.09444°N 44.52222°E / 33.09444; 44.52222
Type Settlement
Area 5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
History
Builder Seleucus I Nicator
Founded Approximately 305 BC
Abandoned 165 AD
Periods Hellenistic to Roman Imperial
Cultures Greek, Babylonian, Parthian
Site notes
Excavation dates 1927–1932, 1936–1937, 1964–1968, 1985–1989
Archaeologists Leroy Waterman, Clark Hopkins, Antonio Invernizzi, Giorgio Gullini

Seleucia (/sɪˈlʃə/), also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris, was a major Mesopotamian city of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid empires. It stood on the west bank of the Tigris River opposite Ctesiphon, within the present-day Babil Governorate in Iraq.

Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleúkeia) is named for Seleucus I Nicator, who enlarged an earlier settlement and made it the capital of his empire around 305 BC. It was the largest and most important of the but is sometimes distinguished as Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris (Latin: Seleucia ad Tigrim) from the name of its river.

Texts from the Assyrian Church of the East's synods referred to the city as Salīq (Syriac: ܣܠܝܩ‎) or some times Māḥôzē (Syriac: ܡܚܘܙ̈ܐ‎) when referring to the metropolis of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.


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