A report on Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
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Pompey
26 linksLeading Roman general and statesman.
Leading Roman general and statesman.
In 60 BC, Pompey joined Crassus and Caesar in the military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate.
Julius Caesar
15 linksRoman general and statesman.
Roman general and statesman.
In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed the First Triumvirate, a political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years.
Battle of Carrhae
15 linksFought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae .
Fought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae .
An invading force of seven legions of Roman heavy infantry under Marcus Licinius Crassus was lured into the desert and decisively defeated by a mixed cavalry army of heavy cataphracts and light horse archers led by the Parthian general Surena.
Roman Republic
18 linksState of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representation of the Roman people.
State of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representation of the Roman people.
At the head of some seventy thousand men, Spartacus led them in a Third Servile War – they sought freedom by escape from Italy – before being defeated by troops raised by M. Licinius Crassus.
Parthian Empire
13 linksMajor Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy under Andragoras, in rebellion against the Seleucid Empire.
Major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy under Andragoras, in rebellion against the Seleucid Empire.
The Parthians destroyed the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, and in 40–39 BC, Parthian forces captured the whole of the Levant except Tyre from the Romans.
First Triumvirate
10 linksThe First Triumvirate (80-70BC) was an informal alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Third Servile War
9 linksThe last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars.
The last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars.
Eventually Rome fielded an army of eight legions under the harsh but effective leadership of Marcus Licinius Crassus that destroyed the army of slaves in 71 BC. This happened after a long and bitter fighting retreat before the legions of Crassus and after the rebels realized that the legions of Pompey and Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus were moving in to entrap them.
Spartacus
11 linksThracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Alarmed at the continued threat posed by the slaves, the Senate charged Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome and the only volunteer for the position, with ending the rebellion.
Sulla
14 linksRoman general and statesman.
Roman general and statesman.
Marcus Licinius Crassus marched with an army from Spain, and would later play a pivotal role at the Colline Gate.
Caesar's civil war
8 linksOne of the last politico-military conflicts of the Roman Republic before its reorganization into the Roman Empire.
One of the last politico-military conflicts of the Roman Republic before its reorganization into the Roman Empire.
Caesar had allied himself with Crassus and Pompey in the so-called First Triumvirate during his consulship.