Carrae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Carrae or Carrhae, ārum, f.,

a city of Mesopotamia , the Charan or Haran of the Scriptures (Gen. 11, 31), where Crassus was defeated by the Parthians , Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Luc. 1, 105; Flor. 3, 11, 8; Spart. Carac. 6, 6.