&quot;After the battle of Carrhae, 53 BCE&quot;, Dariusz Bufnal. The Battle of Carrhae was fought in 53 BCE between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the town of Carrhae. The Parthian Spahbod (&quot;General&quot;) Surena the Iranian decisively defeated a numerically superior Roman invasion force under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus. It is commonly seen as one of the earliest and most important battles between the Roman and Parthian empires and one of the most crushing defeats in Roman…