It is hard to improve on that version. During his early days serving under Sulla, Marcus Crassus first met and worked together with another promising young man named Gnaeus Pompeius (pictured above), known to modern audiences as Pompey the Great and known to his adversaries as "the teenage butcher." Crassus had determined to make a name for himself after Pompey had upstaged him in the handling of the rebellion of enslaved people of Spartacus. Crassus amassed a personal fortune primarily by seizing the assets — including property, slaves and riches — of those declared enemies of the state. Outside, chaos was about to begin its interregnum in Rome. The remaining Romans at Carrhae attempted to flee, but most were captured or killed. Crassus and his army were trapped and wiped out by the Parthians, very few escaping. Aucune vidéo n'est disponible. Ultimately, the judge agreed that Crassus was more likely to be greedy than lustful, and so both Crassus and Licinia were spared execution. While he was receiving his applause, Sillaces stood at the door of the banqueting-hall, and after a low obeisance, cast the head of Crassus into the centre of the company. Weight: 3.69 Gram, 16 Millimeter, Bronze. They believed that Caesar as their dictator had too much power. Plutarch also records one final indignity for Marcus Crassus. Not only did it fail to give him honor, but when the Egyptians had him in their shallow water vessel, safely away from his sea-worthy galley, they stabbed and killed him. By these shady means, Crassus came to own most of the buildings in Rome, and he accumulated a wealth of 7,100 talents. Crassus, mourning his son who'd died in battle, reluctantly agreed, but when the Romans suspected a trap, a scuffle broke out that left Crassus and his men dead at Carrhae. He thought he would find support in Egypt, so he sailed to Pelusium, where he had learned Ptolemy was making war against Caesar's ally, Cleopatra. The massive fortifications epitomized the man who had made his fortune in real estate. While some of Crassus' riches came from silver mines, selling slaves, and money-lending, much of his holdings came through house-flipping shadier than anything you'll ever see on HGTV. Relying on the numerical superiority of the Romans, he assumed he would be able to conquer whatever the Parthians might throw at him. He led a campaign that was considered so reckless, stupid, and greedy that after his death, he became known as "the Fool of Carrhae." If the owner agreed to Crassus' price, his men would put out the fire and then — since they were, of course, builders and architects — rebuild the properties nicer than before so that Crassus could lease them back to their original owners at inflated prices. Crassus was killed. He commanded the left wing of Sulla's army at the Battle of the Colline Gate. Plutarch says Tullius Cimber pulled the toga from the seated Caesar's neck as a signal to strike, then Casca stabbed him in the neck. Despite his age he boasts a well toned, yet thin build. An unstable Republic and a near civil war led these three men to set aside their differences and even disdain for one another to join forces and for nearly a decade dominat… But if there was one thing that he wanted but couldn't get, it was military glory. The legacy of Spartacus . Instead, Crassus crossed the Euphrates and took the much more dangerous overland route that was suggested to him by a treacherous Arab chief. The greeting Ptolemy received was less than he expected. Crassus crucified 6,000 of the rebel slaves who followed Spartacus. Unfortunately, the plot succeeded. Ultimately, the numerically superior Romans weren't ready for the Parthians' patented horse-and-arrow technology. Did Crassus, who defeated Spartacus, really have a son named Tiberius like in the TV show? Crassus’ son was killed in the fighting, and he was forced to retreat to the nearby town of Carrhae. Those Romans think they're minted, b ut they ain't rich like me. The second was the name of your larger clan, while the third name indicated which branch of that clan you were from. At the wedding, Crassus' head was placed on a stick and used as a prop for a performance of Euripides' play The Bacchae, which, to be fair, is a play that ends with a dude's head on a stick. —53 BC.) Crassus raises a sword for the final blow, but unexpectedly Agron rides up along Nasir and the retreating remnants of the rebel army, and knocks Crassus off a small cliff on the ridge, with the rest of the Roman soldiers killed off. Tiberius Licinius Crassus is the son of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus' forces were made up of thousands of men, who were almost certainly slaves, and even included a sailing fleet. Gaius Calpurnius Crassus Frugi Licinianus; Publius Canidius Crassus; Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus; Lucius Licinius Crassus Crassus crucified 6,000 of the rebel slaves who followed Spartacus. She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her ancient history expertise. died in one of Rome's embarrassing military defeats, the worst it suffered until A.D. 9, when Germans ambushed the Roman legions led by Varus, in Teutoberg Wald.