Decisive Battles: The Ancient World

Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man (1x7)

Air date: Sep 03, 2004

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.