The Parthians subjected the Roman army to continual losses, and Crassus himself was killed in a conference (53). In this disastrous campaign there perished more than twenty thousand Romans.
Ten thousand were taken prisoners and compelled to serve as slaves in the army of the Parthians. The death of Crassus broke the Triumvirate; that of Julia, in 54, had sundered the family ties between Caesar and Pompey, who married Cornelia, the widow of the young Crassus, and daughter of Metellus Scipio..