[Cronos]

the first triumvirate was not Caesar-Pompey-Sulla but Caesar-Pompey-Crassus. Sulla died years before that.

But the rest of what you wrote of Crassus losing the battle of Carrhae (Harran -- the same place Abraham went to from Ur)

the Romans lost again in 259 to Shapur II of the Persian Sassanid empire. But between that time Trajan had destroyed the Parthian empire

[gleeaikin]

Crassus, of course, that’s what happens when 70 year olds make comments after midnight. Interesting tidbit, the Parthians carried a quiver with about 70 arrows. Could lay down such a barrage that it destroyed advancing troops. Kind of what the English longbow did at Crecy(?). Hope I got that right. ;-)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Cronos!