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Comment by Balgair

1 hour ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae

For the curious, above is how Crassus died.

TLDR: Got over his skis and mad with power and money. Decides to invade Parthia. Gets wrecked by horse archers. That ends up being typical for Romans, but this was the first-ish time that happened. Some of those captured legionaries may have ended up in China, though it is unlikely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liqian#Lost_Romans_myth