Ctesiphon: An Ancient Royal Capital in Context

9/15/2018
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Ctesiphon: An Ancient Royal Capital in Context

Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art
1050 Independence Ave SW
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Saturday, September 15, 2018, 2 pm

Located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River near present-day Baghdad, Iraq, the city of Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Persian Empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight hundred years. The city’s most iconic structure was the Taq Kasra (Throne of Khosrow) palace, one of the wonders of the ancient world. Built by the Sasanian ruler Khosrow I (reigned 531–79), the palace’s vaulted brick throne room measures eighty-four feet across, making it the largest of its kind.


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