Carrhae 53 BC - Roman–Parthian War DOCUMENTARY

Machinimas were made on Total War: Rome 2 engine

#Documentary #Carrhae #Rome

[Darth_Enigma]

Crassus: Don't worry they'll run out of arrows eventually!
*2 hours later*
Roman: They're not running out of arrows!!

[farbodwhatever]

Even to this day children in Iran are named after Surena , that's how much of a legend he is among Iranians.

[neutronalchemist]

Messenger: "Caesar! Crassus had been defeated in Parthia!"

Caesar: "I bet he didn't build a wall."

[ionutbuftea]

Guy kills 30k romans and inflicts the most severe defeat on them since Hannibal, and get rewarded by having his head chopped off by his king. So much for loyalty.

[Liquidsback]

Cassius: The King of Armenia says we can pass through his Kingdom. Crassus: Ohhhh, all those

[napolien]

Surena: "yes I've defeated the undefeated Romans now I returned to my king for the good news"

Orodes II: "capture him and kill him for treason"

Surena: "oh"

[denniscleary]

I love it when you guys cover the Parthian wars

[endo]

Parthians: Open console
Unlimited_ammo

[JodenPaoloPeroy]

11:15 Jesus, that envoy has balls of steel to goad them like that

20:00 Wtf

Also, thank you for maintaining that graphical roll-call of the units. It looks outstanding!

[MalayArcher]

Working with this documentary made me realize how strong the Parthians were ever since the beginning of their establishment.

The early Parthian kingdom became a vassal state under Seleucid king - Antiochus III after his conquest in Parthia but a few years later, the Parthians managed to beat the Seleucids afterward and transform the small Parthian kingdom into a mighty Empire.

As always, here are ROME II and Attila mods which we used solely for this video:
- Caesar in Gaul reskin
- Divide et Impera
- Benjin's AAA Roman General
- Avetis Eastern Culture Overhaul
- Mobjay's Golden Emblem
- GEMFX
- Petellius' Enhanced Particle

Attila TW:
- Ancient Empires

Best wishes,
Malay Archer ڤمانه ملايو

[Mrkabrat]

"They should be running out of arrows about now" last words of centurion Naughtius Maximus

[esmailiyou]

People underestimate how much work and research are behind this video. Thank you very much for this amazing history telling and graphics. All the historic details are accurate and neutral. Best to you!

[ninjasheep]

Somebody off screen keeps throwing gladii at important figures. It’s very dangerous pls stop D:

[culiusjaesar]

Crassus take a snickers . You are acting like you have caesar's military genious mind when you are hungry.

[princekalender]

Am I the only one who enjoys more all the prologues to the battle than the battles itself? Great work!

[saltyshanker]

19:51 reminds me of when Arminius was killed by his own people :(

[romelnegut]

In terms of losses, this battle was years away from the Roman disasters at Cannae and Arausio but it remains one of Rome's most devastating defeats during its existence as a Republic and Empire (before the splitting between the Western and Eastern Roman Empires).

[Gaetano]

VARO GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS! Ops... wrong battle.

[TyrannosaurusRex]

Dang, Crassus got destroyed. But only you guys could make me enjoy a video about a Roman defeat. As always an awesome video.

[Killzoneguy]

I think the whole part where the Parthians remove their robes as they charge to reveal their armor probably has to be one of the most badass episodes in history. Imagine, you're a Roman legionary and you see these guys charging up to you in silk and linen robes. You're heavily armored in hamata and shielded by your big scutum. The whole time, you're thinking this will be easy, that these are just regular, unarmored barbarian horsemen, no match for your superior armor and weapons. But then, just as the Parthians are about to charge, they all rip off their robes in unison and then, to your horror, the truth of the situation becomes apparent. These aren't just regular barbarian horsemen, this is a powerful empire on its own, that these horsemen you face are unlike anything you've ever seen before. You realize in this moment that the enemy you're facing is encased head to toe in armour. Its at this point, you realize, that this battle may not entirely go your way. If I was a Roman legionary, that's the point I'd be shaking. I guess it says something about their discipline that they were able to hold together as long as they did.