Known as "Dives" because of his understanding of riches, Marcus Licinius Crassus reportedly enjoyed a net worth of $20 billion, making him one of the wealthiest men in ancient history. Was Crassus a ...

Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of three Consuls which made up the first Triumverate of Rome around 55 BC. He was a partner elected by the Roman Senate alongside Julius Ceasar and Pompey.

Marcus Licinius Crassus was a colossal figure during ancient Rome’s transition from republic to empire—military hero and then statesman. In his later years, seeking to reclaim the martial ...

HISTORY Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard (Yale £18.99, 176pp) He was a hard, tough man, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a proper b*****d even by the standards of ancient Rome.

His name was Marcus Licinius Crassus. Like Trump, Crassus made his first fortune in property, redeveloping land taken from the war’s losers, building flashy mansions for the winners.

The discovery of Roman weapons, datable with certainty to the late Republican period, makes it plausible to identify the structure with the wall built by Consul Marcus Licinius Crassus in 72 B.C. to ...

Built by the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wall stretches 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) and served as a crucial line of defense during one of the most significant slave revolts in Roman ...

Researchers have identified the wall and accompanying ditches as having been part of structures built by Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BC to contain Spartacus and his revolting troops.