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Crassus: Rome’s richest man

Peter Stothard charts the eventful life of Marcus Licinius Crassus, an enormously wealthy politician and general, who rivalled Caesar and Pompey in late Republican Rome

Published: November 18, 2022 at 11:21 AM

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Author Peter Stothard explores the eventful life of Marcus Licinius Crassus, an enormously wealthy politician and general, who rivalled Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in late Republican Rome. In conversation with Rob Attar, Peter explores Crassus’s rise to wealth and influence, his key role in defeating the Spartacus Revolt, and the disastrous military campaign that ended in his humiliating death.

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Peter Stothard is the author of Crassus: The First Tycoon (Yale University Press, 2022)

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Rob AttarHead of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine

Rob Attar is head of content and editor of HistoryExtra magazine

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