Seleucia

Seleucia

Seleucia, also known as Tell Umar, 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.

Site Information

Country: Iraq

District: Babil Governorate

Site History: First Millennium BC

Oldest Culture: Hellenistic

Later Cultures: Mixed

Site Features: Hellenistic Monuments

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