Armor versus archery

[Alexandr K]

[sidetrack: Does anyone have a good estimate of how many arrows the Parthians brought with them in that battle?]

It is impossible to estimate this with any certainty. I speculated about it here - in the final part of the article (sorry for the bad English, I haven't found anyone to proofread it and correct at least the worst errors). But it is only a guess. The whole last part of the article tries to address the issue of the penetrative power of Parthian arrows at Carrhae.

Greetings
Alexandr