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Battle of Carrhae

ancient battle between Roman Republic and Parthian Empire in 53 BCE near modern Harran, Turkey
Event battle Q205887
Battle of Carrhae
Theodore Ayrault Dodge · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Battle of Carrhae is a battle[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of battle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,934 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Turkey[3]
  • Location: Harran[4], Haran[5]
  • Part of: Crassus' Parthian campaign[6]
  • Commons category: Battle of Carrhae[7]
  • Point in time: June 9, 53 BC[8]
  • Participant: Ancient Rome[9], Marcus Licinius Crassus[10], Parthian Empire[11]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12]

Why It Matters

Battle of Carrhae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Harran Marcus Licinius Crassus Surena

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    Gnd id → 7745856-4
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · MMLBS · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Harran, Haran
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Location: Haran"
  3. 20w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Turkey
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34242|batch #34242]]: Battle of Carrhae == Turkey"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → battle
    Location → Harran, Haran
    Part of → Crassus' Parthian campaign
    Participant → Ancient Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Parthian Empire
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007597776005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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