Nice establishment you got here—be a shame if something happened to it.
replyI wonder if the incidence of fires increased during this time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae
replyFor the curious, above is how Crassus died.
TLDR: Got over his skis and mad with power and money. Decides to invade Parthia. Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans, but this was the first-ish time that happened. Some of those captured legionaries may have ended up in China, though it is unlikely.
> Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans
replyI don't think the Western Romans ever really learned from it did they? The Huns ended up wreaking them pretty hard.
I know the Eastern Romans did learn at some point out of necessity by creating their own professional units and hiring mercs.
so instead of simply financing military operation and staying home, he went in himself?
replyin some sense I even respect that decision
>Upon arriving at the scene, however, the firefighters did nothing while Crassus offered to buy the burning building from the distressed property owner, at a miserable price.
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