N. lat. It is supposed to be the Haran of Genesis (xi.
31).]
[Footnote 80: Ichnae was a town on the Bilecha, south of Carrhae. Dion
Cassias (40. c. 12) calls it Ichniae, and adds that Crassus before
taking Nikephorium had been defeated by Talymenus Eilakes. Eilakes is
probably a blunder in the copies of Dion; and it is conjectured that
he is the Sillakes mentioned by Plutarch (c. 21), Appian, and Orosius
(vi. 3).]
[Footnote 81: The death of young Crassus, and the subsequent
misfortunes of the Romans, are described by Dion Cassius, 40. c. 21,
&c.]
[Footnote 82: Or Egnatius. He is called Gnatius by Appian.]
[Footnote 83: Cassius escaped to Syria, which he successfully defended
against the invading Parthians, who lost their commander, Osakes.
(Dion Cassius. 40. c. 28, 29; Cicero, _Ad Attic._ v. 20; Orosius, vi.
13.)
Cicero was proconsul of Cilicia during the Parthian invasion of Syria
B.C. 51.]
[Footnote 84: Sinnaca is mentioned by Strabo p. 747, but he says
nothing which enables us to fix its position. If Plutarch's narrative
is correct; it was not far from Carrhae; and Carrhae was considered by
the Romans to be the scene of the death of Crassus, probably because
it was the nearest known place to the spot where he fell.]
[Footnote 85: 'The river' is the Euphrates.]
[Footnote 86: The stories about the death of Crassus varied, as we
might suppose. Dion Cassius (40.
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