Some military setbacks over the centuries --Teutoburg Forest, Arausio, and
Carrhae, for example--may have been more costly in terms of lives lost, but none had so decimated Roman military leadership.
Like performing a safety investigation on a mishap, the historical flight recorders tell of Cicero shouting, "This is stupid!" at Marcus Crassus prior to the calamitous battle of
Carrhae. Unfortunately for Crassus, and for those under his command, ancient Rome didn't have a two-challenge rule.
But this assurance did not last long, and in 54 BC the Roman general Crassus invaded Mesopotamia and heavy defeat was incurred at the Battle
Carrhae. "When Crassus was determined as the console of Syria, greed heads of Romans had reached its peak.
Camous, tum bu farkliliklari sirasiyla, Perslerin Yunanistan'i istilasi, Iskender'in Dogu seferi ve Romalilarin Partlar karsisinda almis olduklari
Carrhae bozgununa deginerek anlatmaktadir.
Cassius managed to lead as many as 10,000 men to safety, but the bulk of the Roman army was killed when the Parthians overran the camp at
Carrhae and treacherously murdered Crassus during a parley.
Finally, in striving for a slightly more realistic representation of the Roman world, the game Rome: Total war attempts to bring the warfare of the Roman Empire vividly to life, allowing players not only to recreate specific historical battles like those at
Carrhae and the Teutoburg Forest, but to play a 'campaign' mode as well that offers the chance to rule the entire Roman world.
His legions were defeated at the Battle of
Carrhae in modern-day Turkey, where his son was beheaded.
his Milesiaka) is perhaps also of interest here: After the battle of
Carrhae, a copy of Aristeides' Milesian Tales was found in the luggage of a defeated Roman, a fact which amused the victorious Parthian officer immensely, since he saw the naughty text as a proof for the weakness of the Romans and their just defeat.
In the Battle of
Carrhae, or Harran, in 53 BCE, an army of 35,000 legionaries under Crassus was annihilated by 10,000 Parthian horse archers.
His death at the battle of
Carrhae led to civil wars between Caesar and Pompey.
After the defeat of Crasus at
Carrhae (54 BC), all Roman Republican leaders and Emperors (Traian, Hadrian, Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrinus, Severus Alexander) confronted with Great Parthian Kings as Chosroes I (107-130 AD), Vologese II (130-148 AD), Vologeses IV (191-208 AD), Vologese V (209-222 AD), Artaban V (222-226 AD) (6).