After the conquest of Antioch in 541, Khosrau I built a new city near Ctesiphon for the inhabitants he captured. He called this new city "Weh Antiok Khusrau", or literally, "better than Antioch Khosrau built this." Local inhabitants of the area called the new city "Rumagan", meaning "town of the Romans" and Arabs called the city "al-Rumiyya". Along with Weh Antiok, Khosrau built a number of fortified cities. Khosrau I deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people to this new city in 542.