Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East by Gareth Sampson

Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East

Gareth Sampson

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative tense slow-paced
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In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rom...

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