Carrhae
“He advised travelling northeast to the city of Zeugma, crossing the river there and then riding east along the Euphrates before striking for Hatra.‘Zeugma will be crawling with Romans,’ said an unimpressed Vagises.‘And so will the Syrian border,’ replied Andromachus. ‘The difference being that the Romans in Syria are looking for you whereas those at Zeugma are not.’I was convinced, and so the next morning we loaded food and fodder on two spare horses that Andromachus gave us, on which we also h...id our helmets, armour, bows and quivers so as not to draw attention to ourselves. We wore black Agraci robes over our tunics and leggings and donned black headdresses to hides our faces.‘Be sure to cover your face, lord,’ he told me, ‘it is well known that the face of the King of Dura carries a battle scar.’We wore our swords under our robes, as it was unwise for even the most poor-looking traveller not to have a weapon to hand – despite the best efforts of Romans, Parthians and Agraci there were still bandits in the hills and among the woods of Syria, Arabia and Parthia.MoreLess
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