22 Reliquiae: out of 40,000 Roman legionaries, who had crossed the Euphrates, not a fourth part returned: 20,000 fell, and 10,000 were taken prisoners.
Carrhae. ‘The day of Carrhae takes its place side by side with the days of the Allia, and of Cannae.’—M.
CARRHAE, 53 B.C. (2)
After the Battle.
Temporis angusti mansit concordia discors,
Paxque fuit non sponte ducum; nam sola futuri
Crassus erat belli medius mora. Qualiter undas
Qui secat et geminum gracilis mare separat Isthmos