"Hatra [in central Mesopotamia] became known as a place of
importance in the early part of the second century after
Christ. It successfully resisted Trajan in A. D. 116, and
Severus in A. D. 198. It is then described as a large and
populous city, defended by strong and extensive walls, and
containing within it a temple of the Sun, celebrated for the
great value of its offerings. It enjoyed its own kings at this
time, who were regarded as of Arabian stock, and were among
the more important of the Parthian tributary monarchs. By the
year A. D. 363 Hatra had gone to ruin, and is then described
as 'long since deserted.' Its flourishing period thus belongs
to the space between A. D. 100 and A. D. 300." The ruins of
Hatra, now called El-Hadhr, were "visited by Mr. Layard in
1846, and described at length by Mr. Ross in the ninth volume
of the 'Journal of the Royal Geographical Society,' as well as
by Mr. Fergusson, in his 'History of Architecture.'"
_G. Rawlinson,
Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy,
chapter 22._
HATS AND CAPS, Parties of the.
See SCANDINAVIAN STATES (SWEDEN): A. D. 1720-1792.
HATTERAS EXPEDITION, The.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1861 (AUGUST: NORTH CAROLINA).
HATUNTAQUI, Battle of.
See ECUADOR: THE ABORIGINAL KINGDOM.