November
03
/ 2023
On the banks of the Tigris river, not far from the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers, about 35 kilometers (21 miles) southeast of Baghdad, lie the ruins of two ancient cities, who once shimmered in their brilliance, facing each other over the river. Seleucia on the Tigris, was a significant ancient city founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the great generals of Alexander the Great, in the fourth century BC. Two centuries later, across the river rose Ctesiphon, founded in the late 120s BC by the Parthian King Mithridates I. Shared culture and trade bridged the two cities on the Tigris, and as they prospered their wealth gave rise to coveted ownership, thus they shared the same
