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Ctesiphon (irq)

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Ctesiphon ranks 3,789th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Peabody, Massachusetts, Santo Domingo, Ecuador, and Kirkkonummi. Memorable people born in Ctesiphon include Mani, Khosrow II, and Hormizd IV. Memorable people who died in Ctesiphon include Khosrow I, Khosrow II, and Hormizd IV. Ctesiphon has been the birth place of many religious figures and politicians and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Ctesiphon is located in Iraq.

Ctesiphon was an ancient Iranian city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of present-day Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras for over eight hundred years. Ctesiphon was capital of the Sasanian Empire from 226–637 until the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 AD. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 101 and 570, Ctesiphon was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Mani, Khosrow II, and Hormizd IV. Additionaly, 12 globally memorable people have passed away in Ctesiphon including Khosrow I, Khosrow II, and Hormizd IV. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Ctesiphon than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Ctesiphon were religious figures (2) and politicians (2),  while most who died were politicians (11) and religious figures (1).