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At the beginning of 217, Caracalla was still based at Edessa before renewing hostilities against Parthia. On 8 April 217 Caracalla was travelling to visit a temple near Carrhae , now Harran in southern Turkey, where in 53 BC the Romans had suffered a defeat at the hands of the Parthians. [7]
The Roman emperor Caracalla was assassinated on the road from Edessa to Carrhae (now Harran) by one of his guards in 217. Edessa became one of the frontier cities of the province of Osroene and lay close to the border of the Sasanian Empire.
Feb 22, 2023 · Death: Caracalla was killed by his soldiers on April 8, 217 CE on the road between Edessa and Carrhae (in modern-day Turkey). (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 79.6) (Herodian 4.13) Bust of Caracalla, Altes Museum, Berlin, February 2023. Portrait of Caracalla, Palazzo Massimo, Rome, December 2018.
On April 8, 217, he was ignominiously murdered on the road between Edessa and Carrhae (modern Urfa and Harran, respectively, in southeastern Turkey) on order of his Praetorian Prefect Macrinus, who, for good reason, feared his suspicious and capricious imperial master.
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Constantia or Konstantia (Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντία) was a town of some importance in the province Osrhoene in Mesopotamia, on the road between Nisibis and Carrhae, at no great distance from Edessa. It was, after his departure from Nisibis, the residence of the dux Mesopotamiae until the foundation of Dara.
Mar 23, 2023 · Carrhae, likely located near the modern city of Harran, Turkey, was a decisive confrontation between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire and one of the costliest defeats in Roman history. It is also one of the most significant, though often overlooked, battles of the 1st century BC.
In 217 CE Caracalla, considered to have been the Roman Empire’s most tyrannical Emperor, was assassinated on the road between Edessa and Carrhae. Battle of Edessa (260 CE). In 260 CE, Edessa was the site of the Battle between the Persian King Shapur I and the Roman Emperor Valerian.
