chaboras

Updated: May 1, 2025

Little by little rural and urban life overflowed the valley of the Tigris into that of the Chaboras or Khabour, the principal affluent of the Euphrates, until at last it reached the banks of the great western river itself.

Charles Chipiez - A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1

The eloquence of Julian was enforced by a donative of one hundred and thirty pieces of silver to every soldier; and the bridge of the Chaboras was instantly cut away, to convince the troops that they must place their hopes of safety in the success of their arms. Yet the prudence of the emperor induced him to secure a remote frontier, perpetually exposed to the inroads of the hostile Arabs.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

The desponding troops obeyed the signal of the retreat, only seventy days after they had passed the Chaboras, with the sanguine expectation of subverting the throne of Persia.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

The River Chaboras falls into the Euphrates at Circesium; and as soon as the trumpet gave the signal of march, the Romans passed the little stream which separated two mighty and hostile empires. The custom of ancient discipline required a military oration; and Julian embraced every opportunity of displaying his eloquence.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

The country which they traversed from the Chaboras, to the cultivated lands of Assyria, may be considered as a part of the desert of Arabia, a dry and barren waste, which could never be improved by the most powerful arts of human industry.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2