Rome's Worst Military Disaster: Historical Battle of Carrhae 53 BCE | DOCUMENTARY

In this video documentary, we delve into the historical battle of Carrhae, one of the most epic and devastating military battles in Rome's history. Taking place in 53 BCE, the battle saw an army of the Roman Republic, led by the famous Marcus Licinius Crassus, clash with the Parthian Empire in modern-day Turkey.
Despite having a larger force and advanced military tactics, the Romans suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Parthians. The battle resulted in the death of Crassus, the loss of over 20,000 Roman soldiers, and the capture of many more. It was a turning point in Roman history and marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic.
In this video, we explore the background and events leading up to the battle, the strategies and tactics used by both sides, and the impact of this devastating defeat on Roman history. Join us as we uncover the secrets and mysteries of the battle of Carrhae, and discover why it remains one of the most fascinating and significant battles in history.
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This video was realized using the Rome 2 Total War game engine with the following mods:
Divide et Impera
Larger Battlefield and Further Deployment Zones
Rome HD Recolor Vanilla + DEI
True Bronze Alpha
Para Bellum Units II
More Realistic Unit Sizes for DEI
DEI Roman Extravaganza
Celtic Models Extravaganza
Orbis Terrarum II
Improved Environments
HD Swords for DEI
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Crassus marches into Parthian territory
02:04 Awesomeness
03:49 Surena advances to meet Crassus
04:32 Parthians attack the Romans
05:14 Crassus orders a charge
06:09 Romans change formation and advance
07:59 Crassus tries diplomacy
08:54 Crassus's son Publius attacks the Parthians
10:29 Publius is cornered
13:14 Crassus' assault against the Parthians
14:13 Surena encircles and crushes the remaining Romans
14:55 Crassus dies
15:19 Decisive Parthian victory and conclusion
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  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI
    @AdituLaudisMMXXI Жыл бұрын

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  • @raymundovergararoman2473

    @raymundovergararoman2473

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel tremor to talk because laughers; but if Romans would had decided to nail a shield over the another one?,well after all them weren't the spartans, your dead comrade would not return over his shield. As far as know Romans had no ballistas accompanying them. Perhaps that had brought them some relief against Parthian bowmen

  • @richardvangelder3666

    @richardvangelder3666

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't know history very well do you... The biggest Roman disaster and defeat was at the battle of Cannae. 60,000+ Romans died in that battle! And what's this BCE??? It has to mean "Before Crap Existed!" Stop making videos, you obviously don't know what your talking about!

  • @Demun1649

    @Demun1649

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @Anti_Septikum

    @Anti_Septikum

    Жыл бұрын

    Kas sa saaksid öelda, mis moode kasutad? Ja mis dlc ning kas sa oled mänginud esimest Rome: total war-i

  • @k.a.654

    @k.a.654

    Жыл бұрын

    What are the characteristics of your PC?

  • @THEbeautifuLIE
    @THEbeautifuLIE6 ай бұрын

    When you field the greatest Roman force in all of human history (to this day) with double-sized armies overloaded with customized super-legions (twice as many as any previous army & each group larger than any previous standard legion); when you are so overwhelmingly confident of victory that wealthy/noble houses fight to have as many family members as possible be apart of this historic force, choose the battle geography & location that greatly favors your military & desired style of warfare, initiate the conflict on your terms at your time with a well-fed, well-rested entourage at your healthiest & most powerful status to engage an assorted enemy conglomerate of clustered tribes, untrained countrymen & pay-for-play mercenaries. . . . . .& lose 90% of your force in a matter of *_HOURS!??_* including 80 senators, 2 quaestors, 2 consuls, a proconsul, 300 equestrians & 30 of the 48 military tribunes in a matter of *_HOURS!??_* in the 3rd year of a campaign you had already suffered 5 crushing defeats and this was your over-exaggerated, overplay’d overkill plan to inexhaustibly-obliterate said enemy for all time and less than 10% make it out of the battle alive in a matter of *_HOURS!??_* Guys, all the respect in the world for the battles of Carrhae, Teutoburg, even Arausio (which probably has the best argument based on sheer casualties tho the Romans were the overwhelmingly undersized force), my money for a single battle destruction (again, in a matter of *_HOURS!??_* ) has to be with *CANNAE.* _((Note to Romans: Never fight in a battle with a “T” or “C” leading the name😅 Ticinus, Trebia, Trasemene, Cannae, Carrhae, Teutoburg (forest), etc))_ #ExceptionalVideo #NewSubscriber

  • @badboygoodguy4571

    @badboygoodguy4571

    6 ай бұрын

    Welp - when you put it like that😅

  • @KevinJ-ee2wv

    @KevinJ-ee2wv

    6 ай бұрын

    #TeamCannae

  • @padjojosephiscious3194

    @padjojosephiscious3194

    6 ай бұрын

    You named all my personal favorites, my man! Agreed on all fronts. Hannibal was a monster for Cannae!

  • @marcanderson4465

    @marcanderson4465

    6 ай бұрын

    I get the personal taste stuff, but I don’t understand folks who try so hard to dismiss Cannae, especially in favor of Carrhae or Toutenburg. They’re great. Cannae’s epic.

  • @denisjohnson8198

    @denisjohnson8198

    6 ай бұрын

    Yessir! Cannae & Aurasio.

  • @babak7741
    @babak77414 ай бұрын

    As an Iranian, I am really happy that you make a video channel without bias and with wisdom. I like the history of Rome very much. Good luck.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @valorwarrior7628
    @valorwarrior76285 ай бұрын

    and also, at the Battle of Edessa in 260 AD, the same catastrophe happened to the heavily armored Romans, because they never learned their lesson at Carrhae 300 years ago.

  • @alimasoumy3031
    @alimasoumy30313 ай бұрын

    The Editor did not mentioned the famous conversation between Crasus and the Parthian delegation elder .The elder of Parthian delegation called Vizgus asks Crasus, why you came to Iran? We in Parthia have been told your military adventure has not been sanctioned by Rome, if so our king will spare your life since you are an old man, we consider Roman army our hostages not an attacking force.Crasus answers I will reveal my intentions in Seleucia (western capital of Parthia). Vizgus opens his hand and shows his palm to Crasus and says if you ever see a hair grow from my palm you will ever see Seleucia.

  • @persiangangbusinesses9838
    @persiangangbusinesses98383 ай бұрын

    Lieutenant General Sorena was the avenging angel of Spartacus against Crassus

  • @Pasargod500
    @Pasargod5007 ай бұрын

    Rome fought to add riches and Surena and Parths fought for their land

  • @Metalix
    @Metalix10 ай бұрын

    As an Iranian, I've always been thinking why Hollywood or other western film makers aren't willing to produce historical movies about some direct conflicts between Iran (Parthia and Sassanids) and Rome!! Although they have ever made movies such like 300 or Alexander but they were through biased Lens against Iranians, this is really ironic why they never wanted to make movies about battles like Carrhae or Edessa over about one century of movie industry!!! While they made their defeated enemies like Atilla and Hannibal well-known so that today most common people around the world know them!! but who knows general Surena!! is he as famous as them?

  • @KoroushRP

    @KoroushRP

    8 ай бұрын

    Its cause Persians whooped them constantly. West likes to make us look bad.

  • @Radrook353

    @Radrook353

    6 ай бұрын

    General Surena was murdered by his own king after that battle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surena

  • @SorenaSepehri

    @SorenaSepehri

    5 ай бұрын

    Maybe Sorena is not comparable to Hannibal But Shah Shapur I can be as famous as Hannibal@@Braveboots777

  • @ftahmasebi9059

    @ftahmasebi9059

    5 ай бұрын

    Dear Metalix, as a Persian, I believe it would NOT be such a good idea for Hollywood to make a movie about this unforgettable event because as you mentioned yourself, look at all those few movies about Persia that Hollywood has made such as the 300 with tons and tons of inaccuracies. I bet you if they decide to make a movie about this battle, they will twist the story far from the truth and just like the movie 300, they will portray Crassus as a victorious man and they will wrongfully show us as bunch of barbaric uncivilized people and this way, they will misinform millions of people in the world just like they did it on movie 300. They will not show the true story so we'll be much better off without that movie being made and this way, the truth about this event will be well preserved. Trust me

  • @promnightdumpsterbaby9553

    @promnightdumpsterbaby9553

    4 ай бұрын

    They did...it was called kingdom of heaven. That film is so anti-christian it's sickening. Whole film Christians are portrayed as foul,ignorant, and invaders. Horseshit by the way. The crusades were a response to muslim incursions into christian lands.

  • @armin_koi55
    @armin_koi555 ай бұрын

    Crassus brutally killed Spartacus, God avenged Spartacus

  • @jsoth2675
    @jsoth26756 ай бұрын

    Well done man. Was fun to watch. It's a shame the total war engine doesn't give a bit more options to visually display the events. Like the camel caravan for arrow resupplies, the relatively ineffectiveness of the parthian arrows. and the unfortunate reality that total war doesn't do horse archers justice. Either way, great content, appreciate your time and content.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @robertcasey966

    @robertcasey966

    2 ай бұрын

    Missile weapons were almost usless against heavily armoured legionaries especially in testudo

  • @sergiomontesdeoca5983
    @sergiomontesdeoca59833 ай бұрын

    Single battle loss for Rome I see as irrelevant, what matters are the consequences. Parthians won preserving their empire, as did the teutons beyond the Rhine. Those battles meant everything for them. Hannibal’s victory only got him a few years more to terrorize Italy before withdrawing.

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8frАй бұрын

    I love this stuff!!

  • @soheildian371
    @soheildian3718 ай бұрын

    we love our general tirdad surena

  • @ShahanshahShahin

    @ShahanshahShahin

    2 ай бұрын

    His real Parthian name was *_Rushtam Suren_*

  • @matteoren6702
    @matteoren67024 ай бұрын

    Arrogance is the key to lost!

  • @jimsweep9291
    @jimsweep92919 ай бұрын

    Was it really Crassus and his Roman legions , that defeated Spartacus, i heard pompey & Caesar, were also involved in the defeat of Spartacus and his Army of starving people fighting against a very powerful Roman Legions , and 18 years after the killing of Spartacus,Crassus was killed by the parthians , with motlen gold into his throat, and Pompey's death was 5 years after Crassus ,he was beheaded in Egypt, and Cearsar betrayed by his own people he was butchered, i guess all dictators don't get to die in their sleep, but Spartacus will forever live in the words of good people who loved freedom,i guess out of the 4 off those guys Spartacus died for something he really believed in the name of freedom,!!! , Maybe I'm a bit wrong about history but if i am I would like to hear about if you don't mind, your videos are very good, James 🇮🇪 YNWA bro

  • @wonderfalg

    @wonderfalg

    6 ай бұрын

    It's easy to google dictators who died in their bed.

  • @kouroshkhosropesar5391
    @kouroshkhosropesar53919 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video! but you forgot to mention that the Parthian army or the Iranians were only 10,000 against the Roman army, which was 40,000.

  • @KoroushRP

    @KoroushRP

    8 ай бұрын

    💪 🇮🇷 🇹🇯 Persian power

  • @tommygun5038

    @tommygun5038

    8 ай бұрын

    It didn't matter because they were mounted and ready to fight in that environment.

  • @kouroshkhosropesar5391

    @kouroshkhosropesar5391

    7 ай бұрын

    It matters, I’m afraid!

  • @tommygun5038

    @tommygun5038

    7 ай бұрын

    @@kouroshkhosropesar5391 ..... Numbers don't matter when you're on horseback and your adversary is on foot in the desert. The defeat mattered but numbers didn't under those circumstances.

  • @kouroshkhosropesar5391

    @kouroshkhosropesar5391

    7 ай бұрын

    Apparently, you personally are very upset about this defeat of the Roman army. You could not have made this video if it upsets you so much. It is better to look at history a little more impartially. If the Romans came to war with the Iranians on foot, if they fought with the Iranians in the desert, these were all signs of the Romans' weak logistics and weak management and command, which means that the Roman Empire was not as strong as the Iranian Empire at that time. This is a historical fact. Whatever excuses you make for this failure will not change this fact. And I remind you again that they were defeated when there was only one Iranian soldier against every four Roman soldiers.

  • @mtgne5351
    @mtgne5351 Жыл бұрын

    Rome's worst military disaster was at Cannae 216 B.C. 50,000 Legionnaires and 20,000 auxiliary troops died

  • @samdaniel2585

    @samdaniel2585

    Жыл бұрын

    في الحقيقة كانوا 90000 جندي روماني هانيبال ب55000 جندي فقط قضى على 70000 جندي و وقع البقية بين أسير و ناجي

  • @Bahram2555

    @Bahram2555

    Жыл бұрын

    10,000 parthian defeated 40,000 roman with few losses . But carthage had 50,000 against 85,000 Thats more than half of the roman troops . Rome wasn't powerfull against real armies .

  • @lcplapiata5501

    @lcplapiata5501

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Bahram2555 yet Rome conquered Carthage, an sacked cestiphon the Parthian capital.

  • @ramtin5152

    @ramtin5152

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@lcplapiata5501 Carthage was right under Rome's nose and Ctesiphon was one or two cities away from the eastern borders of Roman empire and there were like ten if not more Roman legions stationed there while the Parthians didn't even have a standing army Plus most of the times Rome sacked Ctesiphon when the Parthians or the Sassanids were at civil war in the east

  • @lcplapiata5501

    @lcplapiata5501

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ramtin5152 an yet Rome conquered Carthage an sacked cestiphon.

  • @LaputuDongela
    @LaputuDongela9 ай бұрын

    10 тысяч Персов вырезали 40 тысяч Римских зверей, благодаря технологическому преимуществу Парфии над римом.

  • @aleks24100

    @aleks24100

    8 ай бұрын

    Увы, но общий баланс в парфяно-римских войнах, явно не в пользу парфян. Римляне брали штурмом парфянскую столицу, а не наоборот. Парфяне-то и персами не были кстати.

  • @KoroushRP

    @KoroushRP

    8 ай бұрын

    @@aleks24100prthians claimed ancestry from Persian achaemenids and cyrus the great, they were Persian

  • @KoroushRP

    @KoroushRP

    8 ай бұрын

    🇮🇷 🇹🇯 💪

  • @aleks24100

    @aleks24100

    8 ай бұрын

    @@KoroushRP Ерунда, парфяне были кочевниками в средней Азии нынешней.

  • @soheildian371

    @soheildian371

    8 ай бұрын

    mehrdad .farhad.tirdad.ashk.surena.are all persian name@@aleks24100

  • @guadalupe8589
    @guadalupe8589 Жыл бұрын

    What I appreciate about this is what ancient Roman society respected. Crassus was by far the richest man in the Republic, but the people still said, "yeah, but what have you actually accomplished?" Immense wealth alone wasn't enough to get true respect. Glory was earned through great achievement, not having lots of coin

  • @karl5175

    @karl5175

    Жыл бұрын

    Crassus actually defeated Spartacus' slave revolt, while Pompey captured few remaining after he had returned from Spain and getting full credit, so this is probably one of the reasons he decided to go against Parthians as an old man, but it was still impressive he had soo much money, he managed to fund entire army himself, only getting gallic cavalry from Caesar as a gift. He was adviced to use the Armenian highlands to enter Parthian territory but Crassus dismissed the idea, wanting to beat Parthians straight forward in 1 decisive victory

  • @drelek5804

    @drelek5804

    Жыл бұрын

    @@karl5175 He was an insane person.

  • @alexanderhay-whitton4993

    @alexanderhay-whitton4993

    Жыл бұрын

    And his filibustering attack on Parthia was very unpopular in Rome too.

  • @Demun1649

    @Demun1649

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drelek5804 ALL the Romans were insane. The most barbaric nation in the world's history until the Nazis came along.

  • @peterroberts7684

    @peterroberts7684

    Жыл бұрын

    Defeating The Mighty Spartacus was a good start,when others had failed..

  • @julian-eu3xh
    @julian-eu3xh2 ай бұрын

    14:33. Giantdad making his way through the melee

  • @kuaichongkuaichong
    @kuaichongkuaichong7 ай бұрын

    Cassus was not killed in that day but a few days and battles after

  • @khorshid366

    @khorshid366

    6 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @mr.creeper8990

    @mr.creeper8990

    4 ай бұрын

    he died in battle killed by parths nobody know he died exactly but he died in battle

  • @capnceltblood5347
    @capnceltblood53475 ай бұрын

    I would think the Battle of Cannae, (August 216 bce) would be Romes Greatest loss. And The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, as Romes greatest military disaster of course Carrhae was absolutely a disaster as well. But Cannae losses were between 50-70k depending on the source.

  • @nice7636

    @nice7636

    4 ай бұрын

    I agree. Cannae had the potential to be an existential threat to the entire Roman Republic, which Carrhae never was.

  • @persiangangbusinesses9838

    @persiangangbusinesses9838

    3 ай бұрын

    Rome had not lost its symbols and flags, which it was very proud of, in any war, but it fell into the hands of the Persians in carrhae..

  • @Sassanid1AD
    @Sassanid1AD5 ай бұрын

    ‌well, u must mentioned the numerous of Roman and Parthian armies, Romans were more than 40 thousands and Parthians only 10 thousands.

  • @stayhungry1503
    @stayhungry15034 ай бұрын

    Interesting that their nr 1 and 2 disaster battles are so similar to each other Cannae and Carrhae

  • @stenlagerman5685
    @stenlagerman56859 ай бұрын

    Best graphics l have seen to date. The narrator's script, however, was remarkably devoid of data. How big were these opposing armies? How many legions, how many enemy fighters, how many casualties,etc. No numbers whatsoever.

  • @_Voukos

    @_Voukos

    8 ай бұрын

    10,000 surena vs 41000 romans

  • @persiangangbusinesses9838

    @persiangangbusinesses9838

    3 ай бұрын

    .Ten thousand Iranians against forty three thousand Romans, seven Roman legions were completely destroyed The casualties of the Parthians due to war tactics are less than 100 people

  • @pedrambargassa7321
    @pedrambargassa7321 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty nice video & comments, thanks ! Three courteous criticisms though: 1) There is an over-insistence on the hot weather as the main cause of the roman defeat. 2) A key element of the Parthian army isn't mentioned: its logistics. Mounted archers were "refueling" arrows which were stored on camel's back, in background lines of the battle. 3) Crassus didn't die during the battle, as implied by the video. He first escaped to the very city of Carrhae, and later slayed during negotiations with with Parthian leaders.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Noted.

  • @nicolafiliber3062

    @nicolafiliber3062

    Жыл бұрын

    We do not know how Crassus died. We know the version related by Plutarch and Josephus Flavius. But their sentiments were quite anti Roman, as one can understand from several comparisons, and they picked the most unseemly version. Crassus could have died in battle, nothing unusual

  • @igoros54

    @igoros54

    Жыл бұрын

    Согласен) погода одинаково действует на всех участников сражения... катафрактам, в их железе, точно не было легче... а то, что римляне на марше еще выбились из сил, ну так кто им виноват, что в военноначальниках у них, был недалекий и самовлюбленный Красс, который не мог в свое время и рабов Спартака одолеть ))

  • @nicolafiliber3062

    @nicolafiliber3062

    Жыл бұрын

    @@igoros54 Всадник в пустыне на лошади после короткого марша и пехотинец с барахлом на горбушке протопавший от Геллеспонта до Армении - это несколько разные состояния бойцов. При том, что римляне были привычны к жаркому климату, Италия страна не так чтоб холодная. Эх, пехота, сто километров прошла и ещё охота...

  • @paultyson4389

    @paultyson4389

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicolafiliber3062 Nicola I really don't think you should bother with history because you clearly have no interest in it. Why don't you just make up what appeals to you because that is what you are doing here . There is a very detailed account of how Crassus died and it was well after the battle after he was forced to enter into negotiations with the Parthians. His son, Publius did die in the battle. The very title of this video, "Rome's Worst Military Disaster" shows how totally clueless this Aditu Laudis is. It was no where near Rome's worst military defeat, though it was a shocking defeat because the Parthian force was a lot smaller than the army Crassus led.

  • @edwardhogan1877
    @edwardhogan18778 ай бұрын

    Since the Parthian bows had only a limited range, an effective counter-strategy would have been to capitalise on this by deepening the Roman ranks.A skirmishing line-constantly -replenished- would have pushed the horsemen far enough away from the main body to render their arrows ineffective.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    8 ай бұрын

    not sure how that would work as the Romans were surrounded

  • @Lol-ql3gd

    @Lol-ql3gd

    5 ай бұрын

    wouldnt have worked since there wasnt a main body of the persian forces, they just moved forward, shot an arrow, and moved back

  • @user-oi2el4hw9e

    @user-oi2el4hw9e

    4 ай бұрын

    The only way you can defeat the parthians was with your own archer cavarlies that are stronger. In hand to hand rome was superior they would have destoryed parthia easily but they didn't do any research. To defeat an enemy with this tactic like the Mongols did you need your own army of cavalry archers simple or with the romans having long bow archers and equipment like catapults etc thats another way the rest is bs

  • @fatemehsalimi-tari2838
    @fatemehsalimi-tari28384 ай бұрын

    Long Live Parthian the Greatest of all mighty!

  • @viorelmarian3432
    @viorelmarian34328 ай бұрын

    Cred că bătălia de la Adrianopol din 378 a fost cu adevărat ce-l m-ai mare dezastru militar pentru că a fost.inceputul sfârșitul

  • @truckingmogul3254
    @truckingmogul3254 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! A crucial battle in human history that also helped set the stage for the birth of the Roman Empire. Your videos get better with each one created. Keep up the good work!!!

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that!

  • @cwcsquared

    @cwcsquared

    Жыл бұрын

    The empire was already big

  • @persiangangbusinesses9838
    @persiangangbusinesses98383 ай бұрын

    In this battle, all the flags and signs of the Roman army, which were very valuable and prestigious and had never been in the hands of the enemy in any war, fell into the hands of the Iranian army.

  • @user-ru7ql4vp2m
    @user-ru7ql4vp2m9 ай бұрын

    Carrhae,was a definition becouse,Crassus crushed in 70 a.d Riots of Spartacus,now he was killed with all his legions by partians in desert.His head was throwed in roman camp. Parthians gives him mealted gold for satisfaing his greeds.😮😮😮😮horror,horror,and cut Crassus head.

  • @carlorossi2788
    @carlorossi2788 Жыл бұрын

    adrianopoli non carre

  • @michaelrs8010
    @michaelrs8010 Жыл бұрын

    VERY cool. Love the tactical and troop animations in these videos. I'm a history buff anyway but that makes it even more interesting and understandable.

  • @stayhungry1503
    @stayhungry15034 ай бұрын

    they poured molten gold down his neck BEFORE killing him in COMBAT? yeah that doesnt make any sense what so ever xD

  • @Scoelho83
    @Scoelho838 ай бұрын

    yap! to much confidence leave to this.. if they assembled scorpion ballista and catapult that archers knights not be easy hit and run.

  • @johnwright9372
    @johnwright9372 Жыл бұрын

    Crassus was a land speculator and the richest man in Rome. He may have led the defeat of Spartacus, but this was not a difficult feat. He was a poor general who did not listen to his experienced officers, instead trusting the advice of a treacherous Parthian noble in his camp who advised him to pursue the Parthians into waterless terrain.

  • @ottovonbismarck2443

    @ottovonbismarck2443

    Жыл бұрын

    Crassus victory against Spartacus is mostly underrated. It wasn't an easy task but there was no glory in it. Let's say he understood basic Roman warfare but he was nowhere as good as Caesar. Speaking of whom, Crassus didn't have that many experienced officers because the experienced ones served under Caesar. Anyway, you don't need to be that experienced an officer to recognize that a desert is not an ideal place for a large army on foot. Further, it didn't help that he pissed off Rome's local allies who were supposed to support him. He also became more greedy (if that was even possible) and impatient with age. A victory over the Partians was his only and last chance for military glory. Since there was no casus belli and his adventure was privately financed, the Senate didn't do much to avenge Crassus. Many senators were glad he was gone for good. Because he built his fortune through Sulla's proscription lists, he wasn't too popular to begin with.

  • @ardalangharehchaie9519

    @ardalangharehchaie9519

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like retrospective arguments by historians to rationalize that romans met their match on the eastern borders. Ancient history is full of stab in the back myths. These ought to be percieved as rhetorical common places for rationalizing defeats and setbacks.

  • @antisocialmamba202

    @antisocialmamba202

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ardalangharehchaie9519 no because regardless, the commenter admits that he was an incompetent leader

  • @mustsphamatto3601

    @mustsphamatto3601

    Жыл бұрын

    @Jose Vasquez how would they know then a territory that they still didn't conquer without depending on native people huh how smart the question you should ask is something different

  • @jc4388

    @jc4388

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ottovonbismarck2443 Lol, Caesar was at that battle

  • @mariobeach6292
    @mariobeach6292 Жыл бұрын

    wow..irannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

  • @EvilSecondTwin
    @EvilSecondTwin4 ай бұрын

    So how exactly did Crassus die? 1st account: stabbed to death 2nd account: molten gold poured down his throat. Which one to trust?

  • @cosmic-spidey

    @cosmic-spidey

    2 ай бұрын

    the one that had molten gold poured down his throat was valerian crassus was stabbed to death by parthians

  • @juancarlosalvaradozevallos4378
    @juancarlosalvaradozevallos4378Ай бұрын

    Me gustan las épicas, creo que viví eso en mi segunda vida 😊

  • @hamidhosseini9984
    @hamidhosseini998411 ай бұрын

    Rome's worse military disaster because 10000 parthian defeat 40000 Romans

  • @95...8

    @95...8

    11 ай бұрын

    Ma da Italiano, ti dico che la battaglia che diede più fastidio in assoluto, fú nella foresta di Teutoburgo in Germania..

  • @persianayili5472
    @persianayili5472 Жыл бұрын

    Parthian empire and general surena🇮🇷🔝

  • @abdul-hadidadkhah1459

    @abdul-hadidadkhah1459

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes brother 🙌

  • @natiqismixanov

    @natiqismixanov

    Жыл бұрын

    Ассаламу-алейкум любители древ. истории.Современные персы должны не спекулировать победу парфиян как чисто персидскую победу.Парфиянская царство было создано248году до.н.эры,и это было чисто тюркская династия. (Не путац династия Ахаменидов и Сасанидов)Сурен это название не хайская(армянская)авоенно- аристократически титул в Парфянской царстве.Знаменитые кон.катафракты это прототип средневековых Европейские рыцари .Современные Персидские историки не очень то любят раследоват историю Парфии.И любят периписат как армяни историю Древ.Парфию. 🇦🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇷🇹🇲☪️❤️❤️❤️

  • @omidjj7864

    @omidjj7864

    Жыл бұрын

    @@natiqismixanov Parthians are one of three main tribes of Iranian Aryans. Besides persians and medes. So don't try to trick yourself. Turks are some nomadic tribes came from central asia and north china duo to topple of great Sassanid Empire by islamic barbars.

  • @michaels.330

    @michaels.330

    Жыл бұрын

    Um Jerry, you do understand that nationality is a man made construct right? In reality we are all the same... Human beings. Nationality is no different than a minted coin or a wagon on horseback.

  • @user-wo4fg2gr8k

    @user-wo4fg2gr8k

    Жыл бұрын

    @@natiqismixanov 😂😂😂😂

  • @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey
    @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey9 ай бұрын

    Looks like a disaster in the making. Food, water, shelter, where are they? Reminds me a little of the 10,000 Greeks finding themselves in similar circumstances.

  • @Hessvinel1011
    @Hessvinel1011 Жыл бұрын

    The Parthian empire in Iran was one of the most powerful operators, which was able to defeat the Roman operator many times with its skill in wars, the best Parthian commander is Sardar Surena 🇮🇷❤️

  • @cwcsquared

    @cwcsquared

    Жыл бұрын

    One battle is not many times.

  • @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@cwcsquared Many fights for accuracy

  • @cwcsquared

    @cwcsquared

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-cg2tw8pw7j name an important battle

  • @ozymandiasultor9480

    @ozymandiasultor9480

    Жыл бұрын

    Parthia defeated Rome once, that was nothing special. The Parthian Empire was way behind Rome in every aspect.

  • @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    @user-cg2tw8pw7j

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ozymandiasultor9480 This told the Roman leaders that they were paying millions of gold to Parthia so as not to attack them

  • @user-gs2ix8xw4g
    @user-gs2ix8xw4g10 ай бұрын

    5:15 music?

  • @user-gs2ix8xw4g
    @user-gs2ix8xw4g10 ай бұрын

    5:30 What musiс?

  • @pimpompoom93726
    @pimpompoom9372611 ай бұрын

    'Amateurs talk strategy, Professionals talk logistics'. No matter how skilled your troops are, without food, water and in desert heat they'll come apart at the seams when pressed. hard. Fighting a mounted enemy they rarely could catch, dealing with endless clouds of arrows when trying to advance and running out of supplies and especially water in blistering heat-the final straw was the killing of Publius who the Roman troops loved.

  • @stephenbesley3177
    @stephenbesley3177 Жыл бұрын

    A very famous battle. Marc Antony had a go without much success but realised the need for a great many more archers in the army but even those he took with him was not enough. From then on we see the gradual increase in archers amongst the eastern Roman armies.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    A good observation

  • @Kvs-vf9nt

    @Kvs-vf9nt

    Жыл бұрын

    True and also it was much better to go through Armenia than go through the desert. Crassus was arrogant. If Caesar was not murdered he would went to war with Parthia together with Mark Anthony. They were preparing. I would've liked to see Caesar defeat those Parthians as he knew what was needed to defeat them.

  • @albertocastillo5763

    @albertocastillo5763

    9 ай бұрын

    In the few ocasions in which Ventidius crushed the Parthians archers were not relevant. Slingers shooting lead balls were crucial. And the part of this video that shows cataphracts galloping to attack the legions is pure delirium. First, cataphracts heavily laden with armour were not fit for more than a trot. Second, they were so slow that the legions could have killed them all as happened in Ventidius' victories if they risked at close quarters.

  • @fortunatusnine2012
    @fortunatusnine20129 ай бұрын

    Long live the memory of forgotten Ventidius 😎

  • @khorshid366

    @khorshid366

    6 ай бұрын

    Farhad llll,orod ll and surena,ardavan lllll,belash l,belash lll,ardeshir lShahpur l ,shahpur ll,bahram ll,hormoz ll,bahram llll,bahram lllll,yazdgerd ll,Qobad l,piruz l,khosrow l,khosrow ll🙄🙄

  • @nonye0
    @nonye0 Жыл бұрын

    lol the noob square formation

  • @Mokhy
    @Mokhy9 ай бұрын

    Love from Iran❤

  • @seanholden5010
    @seanholden50109 ай бұрын

    Caarhae was not Rome's worst military disaster. That was the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, at the hands of Hannibal's Carthaginians, when ten entire legions were killed, with around 50,000 to 60,000 dead. It remains, even after twenty two and a half centuries, one of the costliest single day's battle losses in all human history. The Roman defeat by the Goths at Adrianople in 378 CE was a disaster at least equal of Carrhae in terms of Romans killed - 20,000 to 30,000 - but the political significance was much greater with the Emperor himself being killed (Valens). And it set off the chain of events - incursions by barbarians - which led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire 98 years later.

  • @MrPedophileMuhammad

    @MrPedophileMuhammad

    9 ай бұрын

    Don't forget Arausio (Orange in modern France).

  • @stsk1061

    @stsk1061

    6 ай бұрын

    Arausio was the worst disaster.

  • @user-ug9om5jz2q
    @user-ug9om5jz2q2 ай бұрын

    The Roman Empire was huge and its only defeat was the Parthians from the (proto-Hungarian) army.

  • @danpostolache7966
    @danpostolache79669 ай бұрын

    Cannae was the bigest defeat! Against Hannibal, 2 august 216 BC !

  • @alexmilton4025

    @alexmilton4025

    8 ай бұрын

    Since Romans eventually won against the Cartage it can't be the biggest defeat. Biggest defeat is the one against whom you can't win against, they never captured Iran so I think it's right to assume this is the biggest disaster.

  • @zagrosghobadi7236
    @zagrosghobadi7236 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😊

  • @asgharmadandar3469
    @asgharmadandar3469 Жыл бұрын

    very good video👍🏻 Thank you for being balanced in the production of your videos🙏🏻

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that!

  • @vatopunko
    @vatopunko4 ай бұрын

    1000 years later and only 500km away, another roman army got hard countered by horse archers at manzikert. history does like to rhyme.

  • @mariceljalba4021
    @mariceljalba402110 ай бұрын

    Fascinant acest documentar . Uimitor. O filă de istorie. Tot respectul. Mulțumesc

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel

  • @user-hx6mb2gl5g
    @user-hx6mb2gl5g4 ай бұрын

    Worst is debatable

  • @lotrlmao1648
    @lotrlmao1648 Жыл бұрын

    Cartaphract is such magnificent. The super heavy cavalry of ancient world.

  • @ozymandiasultor9480

    @ozymandiasultor9480

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure, and if he fell, he had no chance to get up to his feet. Those were interesting on horses, but they were nothing special. Romans were killing those with pickaxes.

  • @hamid.r.salehi
    @hamid.r.salehi Жыл бұрын

    Not Parthia, IRAN IRAN forever ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't think it was called Iran back then, sorry

  • @hamid.r.salehi

    @hamid.r.salehi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI Idiot 👎👎👎👎👎

  • @hamid.r.salehi

    @hamid.r.salehi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI Geschichte ist nicht dein Ding. Such dir lieber einen Job als Straßenfeger 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @hamid.r.salehi

    @hamid.r.salehi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI Der IRAN wurde vom Kyrosch dem Großen 539 vor Christus gegründet. Schon Jahrhunderte vor dieser Zeit haben die Menschen, die auf dem Iran ischen Hochland lebten, ihre Heimet das Land der Arier genannt. Seit der Gründung heißt unser Land IRAN. Jetzt tauchst du Kakarlake auf und nennst IRAN Parthian. Du Stück Scheiße .... ein Land ändert seinen Namen nicht mit der Herrscher-Dynastie. Die Dynastie hieß Parther und nicht das Iranische Imperium.

  • @faraz8135

    @faraz8135

    11 ай бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI Iran is an old name that dates back to the Achaemenid period.

  • @s.a.8618
    @s.a.861821 күн бұрын

    Romans not being accustomed to the desert is not correct. They had ruled Syria for more than a century when they faced the Parthian army in Carrhae. Another important point not mentioned here is that the main Parthian Army under the command of the Parthian king was fighting Armenia due to their disloyalty to the Parthian king as a vassal state. General Surena commanded 10000 men (9000 archers and 1000 Cataphracts) against the 40000+ army of Crassus. Three Roman legions were totally decimated and Iranians captured their highly regarded standards.

  • @pa5287
    @pa5287 Жыл бұрын

    really good

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks, glad you liked it!

  • @mahdi83sistan.baloochstan
    @mahdi83sistan.baloochstan Жыл бұрын

    سردار سورنا👌🙏💪 ممنون از ویدیو شما عالی بود.

  • @uttkarshchauhan7112
    @uttkarshchauhan7112 Жыл бұрын

    Great work mate I like how you show the battle formations in between that is op .

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed

  • @uttkarshchauhan7112

    @uttkarshchauhan7112

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI I like the way you treat each and every subscriber and also read every comment ☺️☺️👍🏼👍🏼 love from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @romelnegut2005
    @romelnegut2005 Жыл бұрын

    Cannae and Arausio says "Hello!" .

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Soon :)

  • @romelnegut2005

    @romelnegut2005

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdituLaudisMMXXI Of course!

  • @Marcopolo-bm9hz
    @Marcopolo-bm9hzАй бұрын

    Crassus! cruelest of all! the richest men in Rome who crashed Spartacus rebellion!

  • @Marcopolo-bm9hz

    @Marcopolo-bm9hz

    Ай бұрын

    Best Regards! now in conemporary ties the story is repeated! Rich are trying to control the world! but they forget Crassus fate!

  • @chilloutcentral2097
    @chilloutcentral20979 ай бұрын

    But the Romans outlasted all the iranic empires, the Samartians, parthians and the Sassanids combined for many centuries. The Muhammadans sadly crushed the Persians very quickly. The Romans at least survived and even outlived the caliphate after outliving all the iranic empires. The parthians can keep their battle. History teaches us, it’s the legacy and the long run that counts and the romans had more of that than anyone else ever.

  • @chilloutcentral2097

    @chilloutcentral2097

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Khorshid-pj7jy Iran was invaded by the Arabs and later the mongols. Rome was continuously standing. Modern iran is not a continuum of the Persian empire , just a miniature replica. Like Italy is of Ancient Rome. No difference and nothing wrong with that.

  • @mahdiaslani2876

    @mahdiaslani2876

    9 ай бұрын

    yes modern Iran is persia and italy is ancient romans almost. but if you consider persian dynasties, they existed even until 50 years ago(Pahlavis)@@chilloutcentral2097

  • @mahdiaslani2876

    @mahdiaslani2876

    9 ай бұрын

    both rome and Persia and all other nations had made history and what we have today, our culture is still alive and i just want to say that they didn't die , maybe you didn't know details about our history but immediately after arabs invasion for more than decade diffrent cities resisted, lasted sassanids try to come back by help of china, an Iranian killed khalife , less than one century later, iraniran dynasties began to rise and rulled for thousands of years, Safavids,dilemmans, Al-Buyeh , samanids,.even in tabarestan(northern iran) never conquered by arabs , yes we have to accept our defeat but we did not give up completely

  • @alexmilton4025

    @alexmilton4025

    8 ай бұрын

    I think the other wise. Roman language is dead, Iranian language is spoken today. People in Iran celebrate their ancient tradition like Nowrouz and etc.. There's a country today named Iran (same as ancient times) and speaks farsi and it's people are in love with their ancient history and poetry and all. Romans latin language and it's traditions are dead. No one in turkey or Levant sees themselves as Romans, in the other hand people in Iran exactly see themselves as Darius.

  • @alexmilton4025

    @alexmilton4025

    8 ай бұрын

    @@chilloutcentral2097allow me to disagree. Iran remained a separate entity long after it's collapse by the Arabs and Mongols. It's geographic location, size and language remained relatively the same. Their national epic book shahnameh is 1000 years old. Italy in the other hand have just became a country in 1861. Iran's name was Iran 2000 years ago its on Sassanian coins, you can't compare that with anything. So I think today's Iran is the continuation of the ancient empire. (Even if you consider the conquest, modern Iran already controls Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebbonan.

  • @diacles4702
    @diacles4702 Жыл бұрын

    Rome's worst military disaster is a pretty big statement. Considering the remoteness of Parthia from the city of Rome (and Rome's ability to quickly recover from defeat at this time), I'd probably rank Cannae, Teutoberg Forest, and Adrianople higher on the list.

  • @mariojakel5544

    @mariojakel5544

    Жыл бұрын

    The Battle of Arausio took place on 6 October 105 BC was the worst in terms of losses, Roman losses are described as being up to 80,000 troops as well as another 40,000 auxiliary troops 120,000 in total

  • @diacles4702

    @diacles4702

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mariojakel5544 This one flew under the radar for me and definitely deserves recognition, props for mentioning it. The Cimbrian War pretty much transformed Rome from a Republic into a pre-Empire

  • @yiannimil1

    @yiannimil1

    Жыл бұрын

    none of these stopped conquests or altered history. if the romans had won christianity would have reached the indian highlands

  • @diacles4702

    @diacles4702

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yiannimil1 I see what you’re saying, but that’s not really true. Trajan was one of several emperors that managed to invade Mesopotamia and sack Ctesiphon, but holding the Parthian/Sassanian Empire would’ve been too difficult. Even if Crassus wasn’t defeated, the East was too far away and ungovernable.

  • @diacles4702

    @diacles4702

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yiannimil1 Teutoberg Forest also stopped the Roman conquest of Germania and solidified the Rhine as the border between the empire and the Germanic tribes. Pretty big moment in Roman foreign policy

  • @alfaomega1982
    @alfaomega19823 ай бұрын

    Худшая катастрофа Рима битва в Тевтобургском лесу.

  • @izuru_kamukura_23
    @izuru_kamukura_23 Жыл бұрын

    great video

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @davidx9901
    @davidx9901 Жыл бұрын

    This battle did so much beyond just its immediate impact (the casualties, Crassus’ and his son’s death, the loss of the imperial eagles). It led indirectly to the death of Julius Caesar because it was a Sybilline prophecy that only a king could defeat the Parthians (the Republicans drew conclusions when Caesar declared his intentions to defeat them and recover the eagles, and thus assassinated him). It led to an arguably greater Roman defeat at the hands of the Parthians during Anthony’s Atropatene Campaign. And it created a myth around the Parthians that extended beyond the death of Nero. Oh, the dominoes of history…

  • @sampersian1854

    @sampersian1854

    Жыл бұрын

    The legend of the powerful Parthian empire is an undeniable historical truth, the pride of Iranians

  • @johntwineham6015

    @johntwineham6015

    Жыл бұрын

    If you define battles not by their outcome in terms of victory/loss or casualties, but by political implications, The battle of Arausio river in 105 BC might be just as important or more so to the eventual fate of the Roman Republic. First, in terms of losses 80K legionnaires plus as many as 40K auxiliaries were killed. Politically, Rome panicked, and instituted Marius a single consul and renewed his term for an unprecedented 3 more consecutive terms. Marius and Sulla, imo, were the individuals who signaled the end of the republic; in addition, Marius was Caesar's uncle (adopted I think, since Marius was not of patrician origin), so if you wish to trace back political effects, they started long before Carrhae.

  • @viscondedeitavera
    @viscondedeitavera9 ай бұрын

    Carrhae was won by superior logistics and TECHNOLOGY (yes Iranian heavy cataphracts, bows and armor-piercing arrows were superior to European); the slave-crucifying Roman billionnaire Crassus had to die drinking molten gold. And YES, Carrhae was the most crushing Roman defeat ever, only 10,000 Iranians (!) massacred and demoralized 40,000 Romans (setup of Teutoburg was evenly matched, with German tribes relying on brute force). Parthians, Achaemenids, Scythian, Sassanids, Median, Safavids, .. all Iranian ("Persian") dynasties, all the very same great Iranian Empire that we Westerners still shamefully refuse to acknowledge, even today in 2023 AD. Where are the movies about the amazing Iranian Empire?? Iran, the origin of Human Rights and cultural and religious freedom, is an epic all-time titan of human civilization. Respect to Iran!! 💪

  • @thethinredline4714

    @thethinredline4714

    9 ай бұрын

    Another thing The Parthians had much more light features than shown here close to north Europeans

  • @raysanele4538

    @raysanele4538

    9 ай бұрын

    I’m mean the last time I checked small Greek states conquered the MIGHTY Persians and Rome invade Persian lands many times and besieged Cestiphon on numerous occasions. The Persian however never even close to Rome.

  • @hamidxe

    @hamidxe

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@raysanele4538Tisophon, the capital of ancient Iran, was very close to the borders of the Roman Empire, but Rome was far away from the borders of ancient Iran. For this reason, the Roman Empire reached Tisophon several times throughout history, but never conquered all of Iran. In the wars between the two empires, sometimes the kings of Iran and sometimes the Roman Empire won.

  • @albertocastillo5763

    @albertocastillo5763

    9 ай бұрын

    It is true every word you say. Highly civilized old cultures that crashed with neighbouring tribes and this includes the Greek

  • @wernerschwarze910

    @wernerschwarze910

    9 ай бұрын

    From the battle in the teutoburger forest, you obviously have no idea. this is clear from your comment in this regard. i therefore come to the conclusion that everything you give here from you must be considered with great caution. historically knowledgeable you are obviously very little, rather ideologically oriented, so it seems to me.

  • @dominikgrunewald8488
    @dominikgrunewald84888 ай бұрын

    viel zu wenig Erklärung, keine Zahlen und nicht durchgängig plausibel...da ist noch Luft nach oben

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming

  • @soheildian371
    @soheildian3718 ай бұрын

    this is our history .both roman and parthian are ours.

  • @oobrocks
    @oobrocks Жыл бұрын

    A good not even great general studies his opponent and the climate. Julius Caesar would have been fully prepared

  • @sasank3557
    @sasank3557 Жыл бұрын

    ممنون اززحماتتون ❤🇮🇷

  • @persiangangbusinesses9838
    @persiangangbusinesses98383 ай бұрын

    فرزند آرش وماسيس بود. بر پایه گفتهٔ پلوتارک سورنا در دلیری و توانایی پیشروترین پارتی/ایرانی دوران خود بود. و در جای ديگر گفته است : سورنا بلندقدترين و خوش چهره ترين مرد زمان خود بود. وی از خاندان سورن یکی از هفت خاندان معروف ایرانی (در زمان اشکانیان و ساسانیان) بود. سورن در زبان فارسی پهلوی به معنی نیرومند می‌باشد. (نمونه دیگر این واژه در کلمه اردیسور آناهیتا یعنی ناهید بالنده و نیرومند بکار رفته‌اس

  • @andrewmowatt2583
    @andrewmowatt2583 Жыл бұрын

    Great video 👍

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @rosenpanayotov4972
    @rosenpanayotov49728 ай бұрын

    Crassus is incompetent, he is not a patrician, but from the equestrian class, a nouveau riche parvenu. Spartacus or Alexander the Great would not have lost the battle. the Macedonian phalanx has 4-6 meter long spears - saris. A mounted attack could not succeed. The Thracians have excellent archers, and the Macedonian Hetayrs are real cataphracts.

  • @ehsanabbasi4014
    @ehsanabbasi4014 Жыл бұрын

    This was a proper response of Persian Empire by a General, Sorena, not even by the King of Kings of Persians. This was a small portion of Persian army that intended to stop advancing Romans till the main army of Iran with 100 k troops arrives in Armenia. This below 30 years old General finished them off and this victory caused a lot of jealousy against him and later on he got assassinated. Very tragic story for youngest General of Persian army that smashed the mighty enemies at borders. It was a response to what Alexander did and it was a proper and powerful message to Romans. The next major disaster caused to Romans by Shapour the First of House of Sassan, King of Kings of Iran and An-Iran.

  • @user-bs5ik9gh3t

    @user-bs5ik9gh3t

    11 ай бұрын

    Alexander was just a stupidly joke of jealous Westerns

  • @user-vz1ov4yz7j
    @user-vz1ov4yz7j8 ай бұрын

    유럽에서나 최고지..! 그당시 동북아 에서는 한번의 전쟁에 수십만이 부디치는것도 예사였는데...! 4만명이 전쟁하는게 동북아시아에서는 조그마한 국지전수준...!

  • @drelek5804
    @drelek5804 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Thank you. We Hungarians are proud to be part of the Parthian Empire. Only the Hungarian language preserved the name of the first king of Parthia Arszak the Great (Arsaces in the Greek textbooks). Even today ország means land or country from political, geographical, and administrative points of view in everyday communication. The other person who is still alive in the Hungarian collective memory is Surena. More Hungarian settlements, cities like Surány, and Szörény hold his name for eternity. Surena occupied Jerusalem after the Battle of Carrhae and gave back the freedom to the Jewish people against the Roman monarchs. The Jewish people could not benefit from this, couple of years later, they accepted Herodes as the king of Palestine. The whole story is in the Holy Bible.

  • @IRANIAN_IR224

    @IRANIAN_IR224

    Жыл бұрын

    Parthains🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

  • @IRANIAN_IR224

    @IRANIAN_IR224

    Жыл бұрын

    The Parthians are Iranian and this is mentioned in all historical sources

  • @antidweller6373

    @antidweller6373

    Жыл бұрын

    Arshak is the northwestern Parthian version of the southwestern Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (a-r-š-k /aršaka-/). No Hungarians around back then.

  • @drelek5804

    @drelek5804

    Жыл бұрын

    @@antidweller6373 I did not say he was Hungarian. At that time the Hungarian or Magyar word was unknown. I stressed that his name is preserved in its original form only in Hungarian. Mahgar was the spiritual cast of the Parthian empire. In Medea, they were called hurries and Mattiar. They saved the name of king Arsak the Great for a later time. I do not believe his name means anything in another language than Hungarian today. Love you it or not. Are you Romanian? Although Parthia used to be a province of the Achaemenid Persia, Xerxes and the Persians were swept out from Iran by Alexander the Great in the Battle of Gaugamela. The Parthian empire filled the 500-year gap between the Achaemenid and Sassanid Persian Empires in the region called Iran. And his name was not Persian. It was a Daha name, ie. Scythian.

  • @antidweller6373

    @antidweller6373

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drelek5804 "Maghar" was NOT a "spiritual cast" of the Parthian Empire. 😂. And the Persians were NOT "driven out of Iran by Alexander". They continued living in Iran. Nor were the Medes in any shape, way or form related to Hugarians. Parthians were iranic, so were their names and language as EVERY university on this planet tells us.

  • @sepanta8762
    @sepanta8762 Жыл бұрын

    There was no country by the name of Parthia. Parthia was a part of Iran in the northeast of the country. The battle started the Roman-Persian(Iranian) wars that lasted for centuries.

  • @user-lj4io4hl9b
    @user-lj4io4hl9b11 ай бұрын

    Draw by GPRS Messiah, 1.2 or 2.4 or 3.7 v. Art of...

  • @FrancisFjordCupola
    @FrancisFjordCupola9 ай бұрын

    Celebrate your great legacy by beating up a weak opponent (who have built empires for over a millenia). What did Sun-Tzu said about knowing yourself and knowing your enemy? What could possibly go wrong?

  • @user-tb7ly6rs5m
    @user-tb7ly6rs5m Жыл бұрын

    Худшая битва римлян не при Каррах с парфянами ( потери 20 тыс. ), а при Каннах с Ганнибалом ( потери 60 -- 70 тыс.). АФФтар -- двоечник по истории.

  • @Hi.-46
    @Hi.-467 ай бұрын

    Humiliate yourself and humiliate Crassus. It is not at all clear that Rome has never had a powerful opponent in its history, and all of Rome is just the result of the pride of winning in childish battles.

  • @michaelfisher7170
    @michaelfisher71703 ай бұрын

    Pro tip....if you find yourself a Triumivir of Rome....do NOT invade Parthia unless your full name is Gaius Julius Caesar. Then maybe you'll stand a chance.

  • @dcmhsotaeh
    @dcmhsotaeh5 ай бұрын

    Europeans have had their share of utter humiliating defeats at Asian hands Persians Arabs Indians Mongols Japanese have made big dents in European ego

  • @stephenpodeschi6052
    @stephenpodeschi6052 Жыл бұрын

    Cannae was Romes worst defeat numerically but this one was grim and drawn out.

  • @michaelfoster5577
    @michaelfoster5577 Жыл бұрын

    Surely this defeat is not a patch on Hannibal’s victory at Cannae? Far more Romans died in that battle, and from an army over twice the size that the one Crassus commanded at Carrhae.

  • @emknight84

    @emknight84

    Жыл бұрын

    You are correct in sheer manpower lost. He is factoring in Crassus’s death for destabilizing the republic and the first Triumvirate

  • @Bahram2555

    @Bahram2555

    Жыл бұрын

    10,000 parthia against 40,000 rome troops 50,000 carthage against 85,000 rome troops

  • @rashnuofthegoldenscales4512

    @rashnuofthegoldenscales4512

    Жыл бұрын

    The outcome of the battle of Carrhae was more significant. It wiped out the Roman leadership and left the entire Roman East in jeopardy. The death of Crassus created the conditions for civil war in Rome between Pompey and Caesar. Syria was basically illegally held by Cassius who commanded what remained of the stragglers. It is a breakdown in chain of command and real authority. At Cannae, Hannibal achieved a great slaughter that he never could capitalise on. It also united the Romans under a common strategy. Hence, the Parthian victory was truly a triumph that not only turned the tables of a Roman invasion but put Rome in a significant backfoot for years. I know you Westerners have the awful habit of discounting the triumphs of the ancient Iranians, but try objectivity now and then. There's a good book by G. C. Sampson on the topic where the ramifications of the battle is broken down. Not only Romans know how to fight effectively - Indeed there would come a time where Iranian-style armoured cavalry would supercede the Roman legion infantry. There's no greater flattery than imitation. The Romans had it in them to praise the Parthians for their warlike qualities, so there's no reason for you to be salty.

  • @michaelfoster5577

    @michaelfoster5577

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 No-one is being “salty”, nor am I demeaning the achievements of the Parthian Empire. Nir indeed the Achaemenids (who unlike the Doric Greeks, were an Indo-European Aryan people!), or the later Sassanids. Cataphracts would indeed transform the uses of cavalry on the battlefield, building on the Parthian model, although the kontos was a “one shot” weapon until the Goths invented stirrups. However, the damage at Carrhae was mainly achieved by light cavalry - the vast majority of the Parthian army were horse archers.

  • @rdchampion5078
    @rdchampion507810 ай бұрын

    The speaker voice isn't clear. Thumb down

  • @bigbarkingdog2010
    @bigbarkingdog2010 Жыл бұрын

    Strong narrative.

  • @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    @AdituLaudisMMXXI

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you liked it

  • @user-pn4im6od8t
    @user-pn4im6od8t Жыл бұрын

    It is the pride of our nation and our civilization that we killed the slave-killing general in such a despicable way. I am proud that I named my child Sorena.❤

  • @fmogaddam
    @fmogaddam Жыл бұрын

    Justice of God . Persian was one of few nation against slavery vs killer of Spartacus and slaves. of course in history nothing is 100% but no one can deny slavery % in ancient Persia was so low

  • @warnerbro4800
    @warnerbro4800Ай бұрын

    As a Kurd Proud with my ancestors Surena yeaaahhhh

  • @picatchouartbraille3379
    @picatchouartbraille33799 ай бұрын

    Merci ppur cettee bataille synthétique. Vous n'avez aucunes connaissances des qualités militaires à cheval des Parthes. En effet, les Parthes font semblant de battre en retraite, se retournent sur leur cheval et tire sur leurs advérsaires pour les tuer Hi Hi Hi . 9000 archers à cheval ?? les Romains n'avaient aucune chance. Patrick Je tir et fabrique des acrs Turcs. pour tir à cheval justement

  • @Tornado_edit123
    @Tornado_edit123 Жыл бұрын

    🇮🇷🗿🚬

  • @user-wo4fg2gr8k

    @user-wo4fg2gr8k

    Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @flips300021
    @flips3000219 ай бұрын

    Well, that wee'd on their Weetabix, didn't it

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