Rome's Worst Military Disaster: Historical Battle of Carrhae 53 BCE | DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- 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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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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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
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!
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Kas sa saaksid öelda, mis moode kasutad? Ja mis dlc ning kas sa oled mänginud esimest Rome: total war-i
What are the characteristics of your PC?
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.
Thank you very much!
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
Welp - when you put it like that😅
#TeamCannae
You named all my personal favorites, my man! Agreed on all fronts. Hannibal was a monster for Cannae!
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.
Yessir! Cannae & Aurasio.
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.
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.
Rome fought to add riches and Surena and Parths fought for their land
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.
Thanks!
Missile weapons were almost usless against heavily armoured legionaries especially in testudo
I love this stuff!!
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
It's easy to google dictators who died in their bed.
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?
Its cause Persians whooped them constantly. West likes to make us look bad.
General Surena was murdered by his own king after that battle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surena
Maybe Sorena is not comparable to Hannibal
But Shah Shapur I can be as famous as Hannibal@@Braveboots777
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
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.
we love our general tirdad surena
His real Parthian name was *_Rushtam Suren_*
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.
💪 🇮🇷 🇹🇯 Persian power
It didn't matter because they were mounted and ready to fight in that environment.
It matters, I’m afraid!
@@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.
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.
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.
Crassus brutally killed Spartacus, God avenged Spartacus
Lieutenant General Sorena was the avenging angel of Spartacus against Crassus
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.
10,000 surena vs 41000 romans
.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
Arrogance is the key to lost!
well, u must mentioned the numerous of Roman and Parthian armies, Romans were more than 40 thousands and Parthians only 10 thousands.
Interesting that their nr 1 and 2 disaster battles are so similar to each other Cannae and Carrhae
yap! to much confidence leave to this.. if they assembled scorpion ballista and catapult that archers knights not be easy hit and run.
Cassus was not killed in that day but a few days and battles after
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he died in battle killed by parths nobody know he died exactly but he died in battle
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.
not sure how that would work as the Romans were surrounded
wouldnt have worked since there wasnt a main body of the persian forces, they just moved forward, shot an arrow, and moved back
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
14:33. Giantdad making his way through the melee
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.
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.
Thank you! Noted.
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
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 ))
@@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...
@@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.
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.
I agree. Cannae had the potential to be an existential threat to the entire Roman Republic, which Carrhae never was.
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..
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
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
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
@@karl5175 He was an insane person.
And his filibustering attack on Parthia was very unpopular in Rome too.
@@drelek5804 ALL the Romans were insane. The most barbaric nation in the world's history until the Nazis came along.
Defeating The Mighty Spartacus was a good start,when others had failed..
Rome's worst military disaster was at Cannae 216 B.C. 50,000 Legionnaires and 20,000 auxiliary troops died
في الحقيقة كانوا 90000 جندي روماني هانيبال ب55000 جندي فقط قضى على 70000 جندي و وقع البقية بين أسير و ناجي
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 .
@@Bahram2555 yet Rome conquered Carthage, an sacked cestiphon the Parthian capital.
@@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
@@ramtin5152 an yet Rome conquered Carthage an sacked cestiphon.
5:15 music?
Long live the memory of forgotten Ventidius 😎
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10 тысяч Персов вырезали 40 тысяч Римских зверей, благодаря технологическому преимуществу Парфии над римом.
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.
@@aleks24100prthians claimed ancestry from Persian achaemenids and cyrus the great, they were Persian
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@@KoroushRP Ерунда, парфяне были кочевниками в средней Азии нынешней.
mehrdad .farhad.tirdad.ashk.surena.are all persian name@@aleks24100
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!!!
Thanks for that!
The empire was already big
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.
Me gustan las épicas, creo que viví eso en mi segunda vida 😊
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.
adrianopoli non carre
they poured molten gold down his neck BEFORE killing him in COMBAT? yeah that doesnt make any sense what so ever xD
5:30 What musiс?
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.
A good observation
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.
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.
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.
Don't forget Arausio (Orange in modern France).
Arausio was the worst disaster.
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.
So how exactly did Crassus die?
1st account: stabbed to death
2nd account: molten gold poured down his throat.
Which one to trust?
the one that had molten gold poured down his throat was valerian crassus was stabbed to death by parthians
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.
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.
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.
@@ardalangharehchaie9519 no because regardless, the commenter admits that he was an incompetent leader
@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
@@ottovonbismarck2443 Lol, Caesar was at that battle
Cartaphract is such magnificent. The super heavy cavalry of ancient world.
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.
lol the noob square formation
Cannae was the bigest defeat! Against Hannibal, 2 august 216 BC !
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.
Love from Iran❤
Rome's worse military disaster because 10000 parthian defeat 40000 Romans
Ma da Italiano, ti dico che la battaglia che diede più fastidio in assoluto, fú nella foresta di Teutoburgo in Germania..
Cannae and Arausio says "Hello!" .
Soon :)
@@AdituLaudisMMXXI Of course!
'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.
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Long Live Parthian the Greatest of all mighty!
very good video👍🏻
Thank you for being balanced in the production of your videos🙏🏻
I appreciate that!
Not Parthia, IRAN
IRAN forever ❤❤❤❤❤
I don't think it was called Iran back then, sorry
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Idiot 👎👎👎👎👎
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Geschichte ist nicht dein Ding.
Such dir lieber einen Job als Straßenfeger 😂😂😂😂😂
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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.
@@AdituLaudisMMXXI Iran is an old name that dates back to the Achaemenid period.
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?
this is our history .both roman and parthian are ours.
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏
You’re welcome 😊
Great work mate I like how you show the battle formations in between that is op .
Glad you enjoyed
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(In Etymonline)
crass (adj.)
1540s, "thick, coarse, gross, not thin or fine," from French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense," which is of unknown origin.
Anyone want to take a wild guess at the possible origin? :)
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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.
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
@@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
none of these stopped conquests or altered history.
if the romans had won christianity would have reached the indian highlands
@@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.
@@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
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…
The legend of the powerful Parthian empire is an undeniable historical truth, the pride of Iranians
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.
The Roman Empire was huge and its only defeat was the Parthians
from the (proto-Hungarian) army.
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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.
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 🇮🇷❤️
One battle is not many times.
@@cwcsquared Many fights for accuracy
@@user-cg2tw8pw7j name an important battle
Parthia defeated Rome once, that was nothing special. The Parthian Empire was way behind Rome in every aspect.
@@ozymandiasultor9480 This told the Roman leaders that they were paying millions of gold to Parthia so as not to attack them
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
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thanks, glad you liked it!
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!! 💪
Another thing The Parthians had much more light features than shown here close to north Europeans
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.
@@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.
It is true every word you say. Highly civilized old cultures that crashed with neighbouring tribes and this includes the Greek
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.
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.
viel zu wenig Erklärung, keine Zahlen und nicht durchgängig plausibel...da ist noch Luft nach oben
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Parthian empire and general surena🇮🇷🔝
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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.
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@@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.
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.
@@natiqismixanov 😂😂😂😂
Worst is debatable
A good not even great general studies his opponent and the climate. Julius Caesar would have been fully prepared
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.
You are correct in sheer manpower lost. He is factoring in Crassus’s death for destabilizing the republic and the first Triumvirate
10,000 parthia against 40,000 rome troops
50,000 carthage against 85,000 rome troops
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.
@@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.
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Well, that wee'd on their Weetabix, didn't it
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.
@@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.
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
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
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.
@@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.
Cannae was Romes worst defeat numerically but this one was grim and drawn out.
...Carré??
Fascinant acest documentar .
Uimitor.
O filă de istorie.
Tot respectul.
Mulțumesc
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سردار سورنا👌🙏💪 ممنون از ویدیو شما عالی بود.
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.
Alexander was just a stupidly joke of jealous Westerns
What is BCE?
Before the common era
@@AdituLaudisMMXXI Thank you. What defines Before the Common Era, that is, what is the starting point of the Common Era?
Game name please
just read the description.
"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"
Thanks for the back up
@@AdituLaudisMMXXI np
The armor-piercing arrows of the Parthians gave them a great advantage.
The archers would eventually run out of arrows, that's why Sorena had already filled thousands of camels with arrows, so that when the archers ran out of arrows, they would go and equip themselves again, and this was one of Sorena's war masterpieces.
Le faltó mencionar que los partos llevaban miles de camellos cargando flechas de repuesto.
You lacked to mention than partians brought thousands of camels carrying spare arrows.
Roman 2 TW?
Roman infantry armies didn't work against cavalry archers in plains generally. Mobility is always an advantage in plains, if you are not bullet or arrow proof.
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.
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
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Thank you very much for the interesting video. Two things, I am not sure if Mesopotamia ( at that time) was so hot and deserts as the area the war happened is currently (South of current turkey, mostly Kurdish area) are green with moderate climate. Second the Parthian where successors of Persian empire, they were Iranian and there are large stone depiction in the west of Iran depicting this particular war and victory.
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Can you do battle of Yarmouk?
I will try
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.
Obviously Crassus did not learn any history regarding warfare vs the cavalries from Asia. Alex was confronted with enemies even more powerful and mobile than the Parthians, in the form of the Scythians, but he was able to counter them by imbedding archers within his ranks of infantry to neutralize and defeated the dreaded Scythians!!
This is just false, the Scythians werent more powerful than the Parthians! Alexander met the Khawarezmians who were very similar to the Parthian ie had heavy cavalry and horse archers. Luckily they became allies as Alexander knew the alternative to fighting them would he distasterous.
@@abdul-hadidadkhah1459 The two are of the same people. They revere the dragon and the symbol of Nazism
Romans never fought against full cavalry armies before Carrhae, they expected old persian style army with majority being levy infantry, also closest to a horse archer roman's fought against was a Numidian cavalry but even numidians and carthaginians who deployed them often had infantry focused armies
@@karl5175 It was the perfect situation for a pure cavalry army to succeed. In most other circumstances, they wouldn't.
@@abdul-hadidadkhah1459 Agree, Alexander never defeated the Scythians, just separate them to the Caucasus mountains so that they could not interfere with his expansion to India. Parthian Empire was established in an Iranian region left quasi empty after the death of Alexander the Greaat in 323 BC. We sill never learn what could happen in a battle between Macedonia and Parthia. Parthian Empire was ounded by Dahas in 250 BC, well after Alexander had died in malaria.
1000 years later and only 500km away, another roman army got hard countered by horse archers at manzikert. history does like to rhyme.
Crassus! cruelest of all! the richest men in Rome who crashed Spartacus rebellion!
Best Regards! now in conemporary ties the story is repeated! Rich are trying to control the world! but they forget Crassus fate!