Rome Remastered Walkthrough: The Battle of Carrhae

Today we play a historical battle in Rome Remastered. We play The Battle of Carrhae! We play as the Romans (House of Brutii) and march against the Parthians. We thought they will not fight us, so we sent our cavalry ahead of the main force, we were wrong. They were ambushed! The majority of our cavalry was massacred, and now they go after the remaining men. Our legionaries and general have been surrounded by hundreds of horse archers. Furthermore, the cataphracts that ambushed our cavalry are on their way to bulldoze through our infantry. We are faced with a dilemma. Do we leave testudo formation to brace for the impact caused by the cataphract charge, or do we stay in testudo formation and wait for the arrow storm to end? Join me in this battle as we learn how to survive this battle, so you may beat it yourself too. The Battle of Carrhae is a battle that occurred near the town of Carrhae in Parthia in 53 BC. It features in Rome: Total War as a historical battle. You take the role Marcus Licinius Crassus as you try to survive a Parthian onslaught. "Carrhae was a battle that need not have happened. It was the success of Julius Caesar in Gaul that led Licinius Crassus, a rival for power, to move against the Parthians: Caesar was doing rather too well. Crassus had been a member of the First Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey and then a consul with Pompey. His achievements were in danger of being overshadowed. In 55 BC Crassus went to Syria - a province he had been given when the spoils of the Empire were divided up - with war on his mind. The Parthian Empire to the east was an opportunity for glory and even greater wealth, although his desire for war was completely unnecessary and probably beyond his skills to manage. To be fair to Crassus, he was an adequate general rather than a great commander like Caesar and Pompey. He probably knew he owed his place in the Triumvirate to his enormous wealth. There also have to be some doubts in Julius Caesar's true motives in writing to Crassus urging him to go to war. In 53 BC he got his war but foolishly rejected local advice and marched directly towards the Parthian heartland: he had been advised to attack through the mountains of Armenia. The legions crossed the Euphrates at Zeugma, pressed eastwards, but on hearing the Parthians were near, Crassus reformed the army into a massive marching square. An army of horse archers and cavalry under the inspiring commander Surenas then confronted him. As the Roman infantry stood firm, the Parthians began the battle with a cacophony of beating drums to dishearten their enemies. Then the arrow storm started... The Parthians captured and executed Crassus. He was probably the wealthiest man in the Roman world, and the Parthians poured molten gold down his throat. They also slaughtered the Roman wounded and took the survivors into captivity. The final insult was that they captured many standards, including legionary eagles."- Description of the battle by the Total War Wiki (https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Batt.... If you would like to learn more about this battle, I recommend doing your own research and/or starting off with this article : https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Battl... If you enjoyed the video remember to like and subscribe to show your support. Please share it with your friends, so you may become great generals together! I hope you enjoyed, and I hope this was a helpful walkthrough. Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 Intro to Battle 0:55 Pre-Battle Narration 3:20 Discussion of Strategy 5:38 Start of Battle 11:47 Battle Results