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The Battle of Carrhae (Latin pronunciation:) was fought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae (present-day Harran, Turkey). An invading force of seven legions of Roman heavy infantry under Marcus Licinius Crassus was lured into the desert and decisively defeated by a mixed cavalry army of ...
The Battle of Carrhae was one of the first major battles between the Romans and Parthians. The following year, the Parthians launched raids into Syria, and in 51 BC mounted a major invasion led by the crown prince Pacorus and the general Osaces ; they besieged Cassius in Antioch , and caused considerable alarm in the Roman provinces in Asia.
Harran [a] is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 904 km 2, [3] and its population is 96,072 (2022). [1] It is approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Syrian border crossing at Akçakale.
The Battle of Carrhae, also known as the Battle of Callinicum, took place in 296 or 297, [1] after the invasion of Mesopotamia and Armenia by the Sasanian king Narseh. The battle took place between Carrhae and Callinicum and was a victory for the Sasanians. Narseh attacked with forces recruited from the Euphrates frontier. He managed to defeat ...
The heavy and light cavalry of Parthia proved to be a decisive factor in the Battle of Carrhae where a Parthian force defeated a much larger Roman army under Crassus. Light infantry units, composed of levied commoners and mercenaries, were used to disperse enemy troops after cavalry charges.
Gibbon arbitrarily attributes to this battle an episode handed down by Armenian sources according to which, at the end of a defeat suffered against Persia, Tiridates, who had fought bravely, was chased up to the Euphrates and miraculously saved himself swimming across the river (at least half a mile deep at that point) in very heavy armor.
Gordian III advances along the Euphrates but is repelled near Ctesiphon at the Battle of Misiche in 244. 253: Roman defeat at the Battle of Barbalissos. c. 258–260: Shapur I defeats and captures Valerian at Edessa. 283: Carus sacks Ctesiphon. 296–298: Roman defeat at Carrhae in 296 or 297. Galerius defeats the Persians in 298. 363
(The aquilae, together with ones captured after the Battle of Carrhae, were later returned after Augustus's negotiations with the Parthians.) Apamea and Antioch surrendered. The two commanders split. Pacorus invaded Palestine and Phoenicia [2] while Labienus launched a "blitzkrieg" in Asia Minor [5] that captured much of the region.