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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-07-09 11:24:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after sacking Antioch in 540 AD, the Sasanian king Khosrow I deported its population to Persia and resettled them in a new city he founded, named Wēh Antīōk Khosrow—meaning "Khosrow's Better Antioch."

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