Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man Decisive Battles : Season 1 Episode 7
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Aired: September 3rd, 2004 @ 9:00 PM EST on History
Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC: Although he may have been the richest man in Rome, Crassus was the poor relation in the First Triumvirate. He needed military laurels to raise him to the vanity cost the lives of seven legions, his son and his own.