biography
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Crassus, Marcus Licinius
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nickname Dives (Lat ‘wealthy’)
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| lived:
| (c.115–53 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman politician. As praetor he defeated Spartacus at the Battle of Lucania (71 BC), and in 70 BC was made consul with Pompey. The richest of Roman citizens, he became a friend of Caesar, and formed the first triumvirate with him and Pompey (60 BC). In 53 BC, as Governor of Syria, he attacked the Parthians, but was routed and killed at the Battle of Carrhae. |
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