Decisive Battles - Carrhae (Rome vs Parthia)

In 53BC a Roman army set out to conquer the kingdom of Parthia; the gateway to the riches of the East. This army didn’t go into battle for the greater good of the empire, they did it to enhance the reputation and wealth of one man, Marcus Licinius Crassus. The richest man in Rome. Crassus lead 35,000 Roman’s into the Parthian desert. The Parthian general Surena with only 10,000 men met the Roman invaders at Carrhae, the modern day town of Harran in southern Turkey.