Located on the Tigris River, southeast of modern Baghdad, it was first a Greek army camp opposite the Hellenistic city of Seleucia, with which it was the capital of Parthia in the 2nd century BC.

• 在今伊拉克巴格达东南，滨底格里斯河。起初只是一个希腊军营，位于塞琉西亚这个希腊化城市的对面。