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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae For the curious, above is how Crassus died. TLDR: Got over his

by Balgair 4mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae For the curious, above is how Crassus died. TLDR: Got over his skis and mad with power and money. Decides to invade Parthia. Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans, but this was the first-ish time that happened. Some of those captured legionaries may have ended up in China, though it is unlikely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqian#Lost_Romans_myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqian#Lost_Romans_myth

NooneAtAll3 4mo ago
so instead of simply financing military operation and staying home, he went in himself? in some sense I even respect that decision
- joha4270 4mo ago
  Not going probably never even crossed his mind. Social status in Roman society was very strongly influenced by military success. He was a previously successful general. Historically (with all the accuracy you get when you summarize all of history) raising an army and not leading it was effectively telling everyone that you should be replaced by whoever did lead it.
- Laurel1234 4mo ago
  The point was to win military glory since he resented being outdone in that respect by his fellow triumvirs.
yareally 4mo ago
> Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans I don't think the Western Romans ever really learned from it did they? The Huns ended up wreaking them pretty hard. I know the Eastern Romans did learn at some point out of necessity by creating their own professional units and hiring mercs.
- red-iron-pine 4mo ago
  massed horse archers wrecked pretty much everyone constantly until the 1600s
  - kridsdale1 4mo ago
    Fighter Jets with missiles are the modern version of the same concept.
themafia 4mo ago
Historia Civilis did a great video on this battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR7VDPUj5AE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR7VDPUj5AE

by Balgair 4mo ago

NooneAtAll3 4mo ago

so instead of simply financing military operation and staying home, he went in himself? in some sense I even respect that decision

joha4270 4mo ago
Not going probably never even crossed his mind. Social status in Roman society was very strongly influenced by military success. He was a previously successful general. Historically (with all the accuracy you get when you summarize all of history) raising an army and not leading it was effectively telling everyone that you should be replaced by whoever did lead it.
Laurel1234 4mo ago
The point was to win military glory since he resented being outdone in that respect by his fellow triumvirs.

yareally 4mo ago

> Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans I don't think the Western Romans ever really learned from it did they? The Huns ended up wreaking them pretty hard. I know the Eastern Romans did learn at some point out of necessity by creating their own professional units and hiring mercs.

red-iron-pine 4mo ago
massed horse archers wrecked pretty much everyone constantly until the 1600s
- kridsdale1 4mo ago
  Fighter Jets with missiles are the modern version of the same concept.

themafia 4mo ago

Historia Civilis did a great video on this battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR7VDPUj5AE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR7VDPUj5AE