Marcus Licinius Crassus

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Marcus Licinius Crassus

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Looking in the dicitonary i found this:

Lucius Licinius Crassus (90bc orator)

Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives(112-53bc triumvriate)

For some reason it looks like the movie Spartacus is about
the second Crassus?

Correct?

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Correct. Marcus Licinius Crassus was a part of the First Triumvirate along with Julius Caesar and Pompey. He died fighting the Parthians in a disastrous Roman defeat at Carrhae in 53 B.C.

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Correct. Marcus Licinius Crassus was a part of the First Triumvirate along with Julius Caesar and Pompey. He died fighting the Parthians in a disastrous Roman defeat at Carrhae in 53 B.C.

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Correct. Marcus Licinius Crassus was a part of the First Triumvirate along with Julius Caesar and Pompey. He died fighting the Parthians in a disastrous Roman defeat at Carrhae in 53 B.C.

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