{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cost of Glory","title":"73 - Crassus III: Battle of Carrhae","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3b686d5b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5184,"description":"Crassus' famous campaign against the Parthians - what motivated it?  What happened at Carrhae?  What can we learn from it?\nThanks to our Sponsor!\nAncient Language Institute:\nhttps://ancientlanguage.com\nKey Figures\nMarcus Licinius Crassus - The Protagonist \nGaius Pompeius Magnus - Pompey, the Rival \nLucius Licinius Crassus - the Orator \nPublius Licinius Crassus - Crassus' father \nPublius Licinius Crassus - Crassus' Son \nPublius Clodius Pulcher - The Playboy Mobster \nTitus Annius Milo - Anti-Mobster \nMarcus Tullius Cicero - The Mentor \nGaius Julius Caesar - The Triumvir \nMarcus Porcius Cato - The Nemesis \nLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus - The Challenger \nPtolemy XII \"Auletes\" - The Piper King \nAulus Gabinius - Pompey's Crony in Syria \nTrebonius - Willing Tribune \nAteius (Capito) - Unwilling Tribune \nGaius Cassius Longinus - The Assassin \nOctavius - The Junior Officer \nOrodes II - King of Parthia \nMithradates IV - Parthian Usurper \nSurena - the Parthian Commander at Carrhae \nKey Places \nRome \nRavenna - City in Northern Italy (cisalpine Gaul) \nLuca - City in Northern Italy (Etruria/Cisalpine Gaul) \nCuria - The Senate house \nSyria - Roman Province \nMesopotamia \nIraq \nSeleucia \nBabylon \nCtesiphon \nCarrhae \nEuphrates River \nItalian quote at the beginning: Dante, Purgatorio XX","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e9Sa4TjcD2AANYwBKeHjinbdJ-h9gAVExpbmhJYgOAg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWZm/NGFjZDE3Yzk3MTdm/N2ExOTNlY2U4NTZh/OTgwMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}