Marcus Crassus and the Late Roman Republic
Author: Allen Mason Ward
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 344
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Author: Allen Mason Ward
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David E. Gray
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-05-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781490316895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you believe what the sources have to say about Marcus Crassus, he was a cruel general, a money loving miser, and only had interest in furthering his own political career. This book serves as an attempt to right some of those lies, innuendos, and slanders by presenting an alternative view of his life and reexamining the 'primary' and secondary sources to gain a better understanding of just who Crassus was.
Author: Charles River
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2023-10-16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarcus Licinius Crassus is most remembered today for being the richest Roman in history, and arguably the richest man in world history, but that came about in part because he played a key role in the revolutionary events that took place in Rome throughout the 1st century BCE, including the dictatorship of Sulla, the Third Servile War, the First Triumvirate, and the Parthian Wars. Crassus was the son of Publius Licinius Crassus, who was consul in 97 BCE, and while very little is known of Crassus' early life, his career as a military figure began in earnest when he escaped from Rome in 87 BCE to Spain to avoid Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who, along with Gaius Marius, led the opposition against Sulla. Thanks to his rise in the military and politics, Crassus's renown and riches heavily influenced his contemporaries. In the wake of the Third Servile War, Crassus' patronage helped position Julius Caesar to be appointed governor of Hispania Ulterior. In order to maintain political office, which made him immune from prosecution for his debts, he left for modern day Spain before his praetorship expired. Caesar made this move knowing that governors were immune from prosecution, but governors also had vitally important military responsibilities via command of whatever legions were garrisoned in their territory. It would be as governor that Caesar's military career truly took off, starting with his victories over a couple of local tribes. These military successes earned him the title Imperator, the Roman equivalent of the title of Commander. Likewise, Caesar was heavily sponsored in his run for Consul by Crassus, and in a brilliant stroke of diplomacy, he succeeded in reconciling Crassus with Pompey, Rome's powerful and vastly successful general. Alongside Pompey and Caesar, Crassus established the First Triumvirate, with Crassus supplying the funds, Pompey the muscle, and Caesar the political clout necessary for governing the city. Though later triumvirates officially wielded power, like the Second Triumvirate (which formed in the wake of Caesar's assassination and included his heir Augustus and longtime general Mark Antony), this First Triumvirate acted behind the scenes to run Rome unofficially. The triumvirate would come to an end when Crassus met a sudden and unexpected end while campaigning in the east against the Parthians. Ironically, his failed campaign is better remembered than the rest of his life because of the way his reputation brought about his manner of death: ancient writers claimed that shortly after he was killed in fighting, the Parthians poured molten gold down his throat and then used his head as a prop in a play.
Author: Plutarch
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Stothard
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2022-11-15
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 0300269064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Marcus Licinius Crassus (115–53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome’s first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations. After Crassus was killed, historians told many stories of his demise. Some said that his open mouth, shriveled by desert air, had been filled with molten gold as testament to his lifetime of greed. His story poses both immediate and lasting questions about the intertwining of money, ambition, and power.
Author: Jessica Colon
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
Published: 2014-06-05
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781488556135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New Benchmark In Marcus Licinius Crassus Biography. This book is your ultimate resource for Marcus Licinius Crassus. Here you will find the most up-to-date 135 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Marcus Licinius Crassus's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 205 BC), Ovation - Ovation holders, Trajan's Dacian Wars - Early clashes, Third Servile War - Plutarch's history, Anticato - Background, Lucretius - Life, Spartacus (1960 film) - Cast, Imperium (novel) - Plot summary, Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus) - Biography, Marcus Junius Brutus - Early life, Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus - Biography, Roman Republic - Pompey, Crassus and the Catilinarian Conspiracy, Third Servile War - Crassus takes command of the legions, Harran - Roman and Byzantine period, History of the Roman Constitution - Under the Republic, Anarcho-capitalism - Ancient Europe, List of Roman legions - Late Republican legions, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Spartacus (Fast novel) - Differences between the film and Howard Fast's novel, Slave uprising - Europe and the Mediterranean, Populares, List of Roman generals - L, Stanley Kubrick - Spartacus (1960), Money bag - Nickname, Constitution of the Roman Republic - Constitutional instability (133-49 BC), First Triumvirate, Cato of Utica - The First Triumvirate, Licinia (gens) - Licinii Murenae, Forum of Augustus - History, Crassus - Fictional depictions, Military campaigns of Julius Caesar - First consulship and triumvirate, Lucius Licinius Murena, Roman censor - Abolition, and much more...
Author: Mildred Gledhill
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Published: 1929
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clifford Alexander
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-07
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781523294442
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe First Century BC was a watershed for the development of the Roman state. It was a century characterized by near incessant warfare and political strife in Rome, evidence that a new form of government was necessary to rule over its new extensive conquests. It was becoming apparent to the traditional ruling elite that the ancient military superpower was beginning to undergo an uneasy transition from Republic to Imperial Power. Central in this change were the actions of the First Triumvirate: an alliance between the most powerful men in Rome. The Triumvirate was composed of Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gaius Julius Caesar, and together these individuals combined their vast political influence to reduce the Roman Senate to a mere charade. Together, they eked out a place for themselves at the head of the Roman state. Through their efforts, Gaul, Spain and Syria came firmly into the Roman fold. However, like all things true to the Roman Republic, the First Triumvirate was not invulnerable to outside coercion and manipulation. Soon, it too began to show signs of corruption, and each man started to suspect the other of looming betrayal. These misgivings would seep through the alliance until the poison had successfully turned the members of the First Triumvirate against one another. The political tension, and the ensuing war, would fundamentally alter the very fabric of the Roman state forever. From the chaos of the Triumvirate, a new form of government would take root: the Roman monarchy we now know as the Empire.
Author: Gareth C. Sampson
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781473828049
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Author: Gareth C. Sampson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2008-07-16
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1844686345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Not just worthwhile for its analysis of the battle, but also for its coverage on Marcus Licinius Crassus’ long career and the rise of the Parthian Empire.” —Medieval Warfare Magazine In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus’ defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter, destructive struggle for power in the Roman republic, curtailed the empire’s eastward expansion and had a lasting impact on the history of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It was also the first clash between two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Yet this critical episode has often been neglected by writers on the period who have concentrated on the civil war between Pompey and Caesar. Gareth Sampson, in this challenging and original study, reconstructs the Carrhae campaign in fine detail, reconsiders the policy of imperial expansion and gives a fascinating insight into the opponents the Romans confronted in the East—the Parthians. “The book is very well written and tightly referenced . . . Recommended, especially for those who only remember Crassus as the guy who was played by Laurence Olivier in Spartacus.” —Slingshot