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Group: Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy)
People: Eustathius of Antioch
Topic: Roman-Parthian War of 55-36 BCE

Roman-Parthian War of 55-36 BCE

Years: 55BCE - 36BCE

The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE is a decisive victory for the Parthian Spahbod Surena over the Roman general Crassus near the town of Carrhae (now the present-day ruins of Harran, Turkey).

"History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends."

― Mark Twain, The Gilded Age (1874)