Circesium (Classical Syriac: ܩܪܩܣܝܢQerqesīn, Ancient Greek: Κιρκήσιον),[1] known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers, located at the empire's eastern frontier with the Sasanian Empire. Procopius calls it the "farthest fortress" (φρούριον ἔσχατον) of the Romans.[2]
It was later conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the 7th century and was often a point of contention between various Muslim states due to its strategic location between Syria and Iraq. The modern town of al-Busayra corresponds with the site of Circesium.
^Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Circesium — ܩܪܩܝܣܝܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/62 Archived 2021-08-04 at the Wayback Machine.
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Circesium
Circesium (Classical Syriac: ܩܪܩܣܝܢ Qerqesīn, Ancient Greek: Κιρκήσιον), known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction...
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Mesopotamian frontier, and fortifies various locations including the city of Circesium (modern Busayrah) on the Euphrates. Around this time, he begins the construction...
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