Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 36.864, 39.031 · 10 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 53 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Crassus dies in Parthia with his army, and Cassius takes Syria and holds off the Parthians |
| 53 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | The Romans hold out, hoping the enemy's arrows will run out |
| 53 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | The Parthians, admiring them, open a path and the Romans march to Carrhae with swords drawn |
| 53 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | At daybreak Surena leads the Parthian army up to the city |
| 53 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Crassus is killed by the Parthian Pomaxathres |
| AD 217 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | On 8 April, on the road from Edessa to Carrhae, Antoninus dismounted to relieve himself and Martialis stabbed him with a dagger, after which his escort officers finished him off |
| AD 217 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Caracalla sets out with only a small cavalry escort to visit the temple of the Moon at Carrhae. |
| AD 217 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Martialis stabs Caracalla from behind as he steps away alone to relieve himself, and kills him. The prefect Macrinus had arranged it. |
| AD 217 | Historia Augusta | On the way to Carrhae, he dismounts to urinate and is assassinated by his bodyguards in a plot by the praetorian prefect Macrinus (date per Carac. 6.6: eight days before the Ides of April) |
| AD 243 | Zosimus, New History | While Gordian stays near Carrhae and Nisibis for the Persian campaign, Philip diverts the supply ships and starves the army to stir up mutiny; the soldiers kill the emperor and set Philip on the throne. |