![]() ![]() ![]() It was the success of Julius Caesar in Gaul that led Licinius Crassus, a rival for power, to move against the Parthians: Caesar was doing rather too well. The Parthian army is split in two: one army is a force of cataphracts that ambushes and slaughters the Roman cavalry, then moving on to the infantry, and the other army is composed of horse archers harassing the Roman infantry after the cavalry is destroyed.Ĭarrhae was a battle that need not have happened. ![]() ![]() They lose most of their cavalry early on in the battle when they are ambushed by Parthian Cataphracts. The Roman army is composed mainly of heavy infantry with a few units of cavalry.
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