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Euphrates
the Euphrates
also: Euphraten
The great river of Mesopotamia, named with the Rhine and Danube as a frontier Augustus pushed his empire toward.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §3.29.4 Euphrates
The great river of Mesopotamia, paired with the Rhine as an example of greatness acquired in the course, not at the spring.
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Euphrates
Great river of the east, marking the bound toward Parthia.
- Natural Questions §1.pr.9 the Euphrates
The great Mesopotamian river, the conventional frontier between Rome and Parthia.