Battle of Carrhae

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath destabilized Roman politics
gptkbp:casualties Parthian: minimal
Roman: ~20,000 killed, 10,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Marcus_Licinius_Crassus
gptkb:Surena
gptkbp:date 53 BC
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Appian
gptkb:Cassius_Dio
gptkbp:location near Carrhae, Mesopotamia
gptkbp:notableEvent Crassus killed during negotiations
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Roman-Parthian_Wars
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:First_Triumvirate
Roman-Parthian relations
gptkbp:result Parthian victory
gptkbp:significance death of Crassus
one of the worst defeats of Rome
gptkbp:technology Parthian horse archers and cataphracts
use of composite bows by Parthians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crassus
gptkb:First_Triumvirate
gptkb:Late_Roman_Republic
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Carrhae