Comment by Balgair
2 hours 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.
so instead of simply financing military operation and staying home, he went in himself?
in some sense I even respect that decision