The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Haran

Also known as Harran

  • city
  • Ancient Near Eastern with moon temple

Harran, the Carrhae of Roman writers, in the plain of Osrhoene. The city was famous for its ancient moon cult and for Crassus's disaster nearby.

Type
city
Style
Ancient Near Eastern with moon temple
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 225
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    Harran, the Carrhae of Roman writers, in the plain of Osrhoene. The city was famous for its ancient moon cult and for Crassus's disaster nearby.

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