The Battle of Carrhae - Take Two

The first test of this scenario was posted here.  It contains the army lists which remain unchanged.

This time, any unit involuntarily leaving the table would be considered routed as per the rules.  

The aim was still for the Romans to reach the Parthian's edge of the table and then return.  However during play this was changed to just exiting the Parthian edge.  Sounded more achievable as the Romans start with Aggressive deployment.

This time Mark B went Roman and I was the Parthian.

Not a box formation, but certainly a compact one.

Parthians immediately start to envelope the wings.

The Roman light cavalry was quickly dispatched,

but their skirmishers were proving somewhat tougher.

The Roman Auxlia survive being charged in the flank.

Parthian bow fire is having some effect,

but the Romans press on regardless.

The Parthians are having a hard time making an impact on the Roman legions.

Bird's eye view.

Much of the Roman army is disordered,

but the table edge is in sight.

Scratch one legion

Two legions made it to safety,

but the Gallic cavalry was routed

and another legion wiped out.

Another legion escaped, but one was routed.

The Roman army morale breaks.

That is Crassus remaining on the field of battle,

with the last legion.

We made two rule interpretations:

1. Interpenetrations can only pass through if they had room to clear. 
2. The +2 for attacking on the flank/rear only applies for the initial combat round.

In the case of the interpenetration we might have got that wrong.

For the flank attack, the morale bonus for the attacker still applies as does the instant death of the compromised unit if it loses the combat.

As FP get a plus one in Cohesion Tests against cavalry, even when attacked in the rear, they can be hard to beat.