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2007-05-07 17:10:17 · 7 answers · asked by rustyjosh2 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The King of Armenia offered Crassus the aid of some forty-thousand troops on the condition that Crassus invade Parthia through Armenia. Crassus refused, and invaded across the Euphrates. His legions were defeated at Carrhae (modern Harran in Turkey) in 53 BC by a numerically inferior Parthian force composed mainly of armoured heavy cavalry and horse archers. Crassus' legions were unable to maneuver as swiftly as his opponents, and remained in the testudo formation. After the defeat, Crassus went to treat with the Parthian Surena. He died in a brawl between his soldiers and the Parthians when the Parthians attempted to drag his horse away.
2007-05-07 17:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Did Crassus Die
2016-11-07 06:41:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marcus Licinius Crassus -----
Marcus Licinius Crassus died while fighting the Parthians. Surena supplied Crassus with a horse, but as Surena's men tried to make the horse go faster, a scuffle developed between the Romans, who were unwilling for Crassus to go unaccompanied, and the Parthians. Crassus was killed in the fighting.
Publius Crassus ---
On his father's orders, Publius Crassus attacked the Parthians with a detachment of 1300 cavalry (1000 of whom were the Gauls he had brought with him from Caesar), 500 archers, and eight cohorts of infantry. When the Parthians withdrew, the younger Crassus followed them for a long way, but then the detachment was surrounded and subjected to the devastating archery attacks of the Parthians. Realising there was no escape for his men, Publius Crassus and some of the other leading Romans with him committed suicide rather than fight on hopelessly. Of the forces with him, only 500 survived. The Parthians cut off Publius' head and took it back with them to taunt his father.
2007-05-07 17:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the defeat at Carrhae, Crassus went to treat with the Parthian Surena. He died in a brawl between his soldiers and the Parthians when the Parthians attempted to drag his horse away.
2007-05-07 17:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-06 07:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He died in a brawl between his soldiers and the Parthians when the Parthians attempted to drag his horse away.
2007-05-07 17:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by cpc26ca 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-05-07 17:25:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋