REMAINS OF PERSIAN CAPITAL CRUMBLING IN IRAQ The Columbian | May 18, 1999| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

LEON BARKHO, Associated Press
The Columbian
05-18-1999
CTESIPHON, Iraq -- During its heyday two millennia ago, the Roman emperor Julian II was so entranced by the architecture of the Persian capital of Ctesiphon that he ordered his legions to leave it alone.
Two decades ago, President Saddam Hussein added his own grandiose touches to the ruins of Ctesiphon pronounced TES-eh-fahn seeking to rekindle enthusiasm for the site about 30 miles south of Baghdad.
Today, like everything else in Iraq, ancient Ctesiphon and the monuments Saddam built are crumbling.
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