In 53 BC the Roman Republic and the Sabbath Empire (Parthian) fought a great war near Calais. On the one hand, the Roman side was led by Crassus, one of the three giants of Rome, led by Crassus, a Roman consul who suppressed the Spartacus rebellion, and about 40,000 people, and on the other side, about 20,000 sabbats led by the famous general of the Sabbath Empire, Sulena.
Before the war even began, most people felt that victory or defeat had been decided. Because the Roman legions were famous and invincible. The main force of the Sabbath Empire was led north by Emperor Orold to attack Armenia, leaving Sulena with less than 20,000 elite horses. Orod's plan was for Sulena to hold Crassus as long as possible until he had dealt with the Armenians himself, and then rush back to join him and fight Crassus. However, Sulaina, in the face of everyone's disapproval, decided to fight a decisive battle with the Roman legions.
After luring the enemy deeper and constantly exhausting the Roman legions, Sulena used the characteristics of the light cavalry to be fast and mobile, and constantly killed and wounded the Roman legions at a long distance with bows and arrows, and the Roman legions were like a teased beast, and there was nothing they could do to the enemy except to slap the ground to vent their anger. In the end, the Sabbath army almost completely annihilated the Roman legions. Crassus was captured and the Eagle Banner was taken, and the Roman Empire was forced to swallow the bitter fruit of the most humiliating battle in the history of the Empire.
The war was over, but the reasons for the victory remained controversial. The Sabbath Empire grew rapidly through alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire and the emergence of a power vacuum in the Pamir Plateau, and was never a heroic and warlike people. Although he was born and grew up on horseback, but both technology and culture were very backward, and he did not even have his own writing, how could he suddenly break out of character and defeat the Roman legion with non-main force? Since Calais, there has been no decent victory in sabbatical, and the glory of total annihilation of the enemy army like Calais has never appeared again. Does this also play a role in the side of the victory of the Battle of Calais?
The chronicle of dawan is that "the son has heard of the great wan and the great xia, and the rest of the people belong to the great power, many strange things, indigenous people, quite the same industry as China, and the soldiers are weak, and the noble Han treasures..." It can be seen that in the eyes of the Han envoys, the sabbath is also a weak soldier of the state and a weak combat strength.
Although the military strength of the Sabbath State was not strong, the Han Dynasty was in its heyday at that time. In 60 BC, the Western Regions Protectorate was established, and there was no military pressure from other directions in the country, and it was fully managing the Western Regions, and had close relations with the Sabbath State. So when Crassus launched the Roman Army's crusade in 53 BC, in order to prevent the excessive expansion of the Roman Empire's influence, the Han Dynasty may have made preparations to provide assistance in the two-sided war of the Sabbath. The Romans' own historical records also record this possibility: there are drums, golden bells (bells), red silk dragons with gold edges, etc., which are typical of the Chinese army.
Of course, due to the long history of the above speculation and the fact that the Han Dynasty did not want to be publicized, there is no accurate evidence that the Chinese army participated in the war or provided assistance. However, for this strange battle, only this one reason can give a perfect explanation for the final outcome.