Ctesiphon
/ˈtesɪfən/- an ancient city on the Tigris near Baghdad, capital of the Parthian kingdom from c.224 and then of Persia under the Sassanian dynasty. It was taken by the Arabs in 636 and destroyed in the 8th century.泰西封（巴格达附近底格里斯河畔的一个古代城市, 约公元224年起为安息帝国首都, 后为萨珊王朝统治的波斯首都, 公元636年被阿拉伯人占领, 8世纪被毁）。