Jason of Tralles used this object as a prop to represent Pentheus during a performance of The Bacchae to the delight of the Arsacid king, Orodes II. For 10 points each:
[10m] Cassius Dio relates that molten gold was allegedly poured into what object to mock the wealth of a man killed during a failed parlay with Surenas?
ANSWER: Crassus’s head [or the head of Marcus Licinius Crassus; accept Crassus’s throat; accept Crassus’ skull]
[10e] Crassus’ failed parley with Surenas followed his defeat to this empire at Carrhae, where mounted arches battered the Roman hollow square with this empire’s eponymous “shot.”
ANSWER: Parthian Empire [accept Parthian shot]
[10h] Roman dishonor at Carrhae was compounded by the capture of three of these military standards, which were assigned to every legion and resembled eagles.
ANSWER: aquilae
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