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	Crassus
		Crassus grew up as the son of a consul and distinguished general.
		Crassus was a decent both as a speaker and as a commander, but he struggled and failed to live up to comparison with these exceptional individuals.
		Crassus was killed and it is said that his head as severed and molten gold was poured into his mouth as a mark of his infamous greed.
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	Crassus - LoveToKnow 1911
		Crassus declared that Flaccus could not neglect his sacred office, and imposed a conditional fine on him in the event of his leaving Rome.
		Crassus does not seem to have possessed much military ability, but he was greatly distinguished for his knowledge of law and his accomplished oratory.
		Lucius Licinius Crassus (140-91 B.c.), the orator, of unknown parentage.
	85.1911encyclopedia.org /Crassus (851 words)

	Crassus - LoveToKnow 1911
		Crassus declared that Flaccus could not neglect his sacred office, and imposed a conditional fine on him in the event of his leaving Rome.
		Crassus does not seem to have possessed much military ability, but he was greatly distinguished for his knowledge of law and his accomplished oratory.
		Lucius Licinius Crassus (140-91 B.c.), the orator, of unknown parentage.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Crassus (851 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Crassus by Plutarch
		Crassus, however, was very eager to be hospitable to strangers; he kept open house, and to his friends he would lend money without interest, but called it in precisely at the time; so that his kindness was often thought worse than the paying the interest would have been.
		Crassus hated him ever after, but was hindered by his son from doing him any injury; for Publius was a great lover of learning and eloquence, and a constant follower of Cicero, insomuch that he put himself into mourning when he was accused, and induced the other young men to do the same.
		Crassus laughed at it, and hastened their march, and compelled his infantry to keep pace with his cavalry, till some few of the scouts returned and told them that their fellows were slain and they hardly escaped, that the enemy was at hand in full force, and resolved to give them battle.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/crassus.html (5808 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Marcus Licinius Crassus
		Crassus was only honored with an ovation (lesser than a triumph) although the danger to Rome and the destruction to Roman lives and property much greater.
		In 65 BC Crassus was elected censor with another conservative Quintus Lutatius Catulus (himself son of a consul and a patrilineal relative of Julius Caesar.
		Crassus was reportedly the richest man in Rome, and attacked Parthia not only because of its great wealth, but because of a desire to match the military exploits of his two major rivals, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, and indeed those of Alexander the Great.
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	Marcus Licinius Crassus
		Marcus Licinius Crassus (Approx 112 BC[?]-53 BC) was a powerful figure in Roman politics on account of his great wealth (he was nicknamed Dives, meaning "rich").
		Crassus received Syria as his province, which promised to be an inexhaustible source of wealth.
		However he also sought military glory, and crossed the Euphrates in an attempt to conquer Parthia only to be defeated at Carrhae (53 BC), now Haran[?], Turkey, and taken prisoner by Surenas[?], the Parthian general, who put him to death by pouring molten gold down his throat.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Crassus.html (300 words)

	Anguillicola crassus
		Anguillicola crassus was introduced to the European continent in the 1980s, where it was reported independently from Germany and Italy in 1982, having been introduced from East Asia (Koops and Hartmann 1989).
		Ashorth, S.T. The dynamics and regulation of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda) populations in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
		Kennedy, C.R., and Fitch, D.J. Colonisation, larval survival, and epidemiology of the nematode Anguillicola crassus, parasite in the eel Anguilla anguilla in Britain.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-1684 (597 words)

	Marcus Crassus - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Historical archives are extremely clear on when he was born, it was proven that he was born to 2 homosexual parents, of whom one of them had a sex change before being pregnant.
		But he was running out of money and was unemployed, and Crassus joined the Roman Army in an attempt to turn his fellow soldiers into wolves so that he could sell them.
		No one knows if Crassus died in hell or not, but some experts say that he couldn't have, since people can't die in hell, while others say that he's physically dead and his soul is wandering around in hell.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Marcus_Crassus (492 words)

	Crassus Part 1/2
		Although his father had been censor and had celebrated a triumph, Crassus grew up in a small house which was home not only to him and his parents but also to his two elder brothers and their families.
		In the ensuing bloodbath, Crassus' father and one of his brothers were killed but Crassus himself escaped with three of his friends and ten servants to Spain, where his father had served as praetor.
		Crassus won a reputation for himself as a soldier in Sulla's campaigns in Italy (83), but fell out of favour because of his excessive greed in purchasing estates at knock-down prices during Sulla's proscriptions of his political opponents.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Marcus Licinius Crassus
		Crassus's grandfather was Marcus Licinius Crassus Agelastus, of whom little is known.
		Finally, Crassus was sent into battle against Spartacus by the Senate.
		Subsequently Crassus' men, being near mutiny, demanded he parley with the Parthians, who had offered to meet with him.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus (2179 words)

	Crassus by Plutarch
		Licinia stood possessed of a beautiful property in the suburbs, which Crassus desiring to purchase at a low price, for this reason was frequent in his attentions to her, which gave occasion to the scandal, and his avarice, so to say, serving to clear him of the crime, he was acquitted.
		People were wont to say that the many virtues of Crassus were darkened by the one vice of avarice, and indeed he seemed to have no other but that; for it being the most predominant, obscured others to which he was inclined.
		His entertainments were, for the most part, plain and citizen-like, the company general and popular; good taste and kindness made them pleasanter than sumptuosity would have done.
	www.4literature.net /Plutarch/Crassus (415 words)

	Plutarch's Life of Crassus
		And so Crassus perceiving it was a piece of pleasantry and of goodwill on the part of Vibius, took them in and kept them there with him as long as he stayed, and employed them to give information to Vibius of what they wanted, and how they were.
		Crassus returned him but cold thanks for his readiness to serve him, and for the splendor of his assistance, and told him he was resolved to pass through Mesopotamia, where he had left a great many brave Roman soldiers; whereupon the Armenian went his way.
		Parthians, drove them from the hill, and compassing Crassus about, and fencing him with their shields, declared proudly, that no arrow in Parthia should ever touch their general, so long as there was a man of them left alive to protect him.
	www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com /plutarch/crassus.htm (8912 words)

	Crassus
		115 - 53 BC Crassus was a lieutenant of the dictator Sulla.
		He was the main administrator behind the proscriptions held by Sulla, and Crassus had made a fortune seizing the property of the murdered men.
		Crassus did nothing to dispute this boast, for he saw an opportunity to form an alliance with the returning general.
	dante.udallas.edu /hutchison/Fall_of_Republic/names/crassus.htm (174 words)

	Marcus Crassus - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Marcus Crassus ?-50BC?, was a famed wolf farmer, general, and loser.
		Historical archives are extremely clear on when he was born, it was proven that he was born to 2 homosexual parents, of whom one of them had a sex change before being pregnant.
		No one knows if Crassus died in hell or not, but some experts say that he couldn't have, since people can't die in hell, while others say that he's physically dead and his soul is wandering around in hell.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Marcus_Crassus (500 words)

	Marcus Licinius Crassus at AllExperts
		Most notorious was his acquisition of burning houses: when he received word that a house was on fire, he would arrive and purchase the (apparently lost) property for a modest sum, and then employ his army of 500 clients to put the fire out before much damage had been done.
		Crassus received Syria as his province, which promised to be an inexhaustible source of wealth.
		Noting that Crassus was the richest man in Rome yet had attacked Parthia for no other reason than to loot it of its wealth, Surena executed him by forcing him to swallow molten gold.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/ma/marcus_licinius_crassus.htm (613 words)

	Crassus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Crassus gained immense prestige—along with Pompey—for suppressing the uprising of Spartacus.
		B.C., and Crassus’ rivalry and jealousy of Pompey grew.
		Crassus seems to have backed the political maneuvers of the notorious Clodius, and trouble was stirred up between Crassus and Pompey.
	www.bartleby.com /65/cr/Crassus.html (493 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman
		Crassus was so dismayed by the suddenness of the enemy's approach that he was scarcely able to draw up his army properly; however, after several changes one wing was at last placed under Cassius, the other under Publius Crassus, the centre being commanded by the general himself.
		They believed Crassus to be the cause of all their miseries, yet they called on him to speak to them; but he had given himself up to despair, and, having sought an obscure corner, had completely enveloped himself in a cloak, and lay stretched upon the ground.
		Crassus escaped to Carte, and as soon as Surena heard where he was he determined to besiege the city; but, not wishing to do so unless he was absolutely certain that the Roman general was there, he sent an interpreter to the walls to summon Crassus or Cassius, and say that Surena desired an interview.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=kaufman&book=plutarch&story=crassus (3617 words)

	Biographies: Crassus
		Crassus and Pompey cooperated to pressure the Senate to elect them to the consulship for 70; once in office they overthrew parts of the Sullan constitution.
		Crassus entered this informal coalition partly to effect passage of laws helpful to his business ventures in Asia.
		As governor of Syria in 54, Crassus attempted to gain military glory by embarking on an unwarranted invasion of Parthia, to the east.
	intranet.grundel.nl /thinkquest/bio_crassus.html (261 words)

	Spartacus Plot Summary
		Crassus' political opponents, led by wily and very likable Lentulus Gracchus (played to a 'T' by Charles Laughton), maneuver Crassus into pronouncing sentence himself.
		Crassus attempts in vain to deduce the identity of Spartacus.
		Crassus attempts to determine who Spartacus is, but the prisoners will not identify him.
	www.historyinfilm.com /spart/sparplt2.htm (427 words)

	Crassus
		3 Crassus, however, was very eager to be hospitable to strangers; he kept open house, and to his friends he would lend money without interest, but called it in precisely at the time; so that his kindness was often thought worse than the paying the interest would have been.
		Crassus returned him but cold thanks for his readiness to serve him, and for the splendor of his assistance, and told him he was resolved to pass through Mesopotamia, where he had left a great many brave Roman soldiers; whereupon the Armenian went his way.
		For one Gaius Paccianus, who of all the prisoners was most like Crassus, being put into a woman's dress of the fashion of the barbarians, and instructed to answer to the title of Crassus and Imperator, was brought sitting upon his horse, while before him went a parcel of trumpeters and lictors upon camels.
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	Marcus Licinius Crassus Summary
		Crassus was treacherously slain at the conference on June 6, 53 B.C. Plutarch says that in Crassus many virtues were obscured by one vice, avarice.
		Most notorious was his acquisition of burning houses: when he received word that a house was on fire, he would arrive and purchase the (apparently lost) property for a modest sum, and then employ his army of 500 clients to put the fire out before much damage had been done.
		Crassus and Nicias - Demetrius and Antony - Demosthenes and Cicero - Dion and Brutus - Fabius and Pericles - Lucullus and Kimon
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Crassus
		He was named consul with Crassus in 70 bc and fought a notable campaign against Mithridates VI of Pontus in 66 bc.
		He was tribune of the people (106 BC) and consul (95 BC) with Lucius Licinius Crassus (see under Crassus, family); together they collaborated on a law that caused a purge of the rolls of citizenship.
		The name Carrhae is best known because of the battle of Carrhae in 53 BC M. Licinius Crassus (see Crassus, family) was defeated by the Parthians, who by their archery routed the Roman force.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Crassus (688 words)

	History of Iran: General Surena, The Hero of Carrhae
		Before the Romans march began, Crassus had been advised by a Roman ally, Artavasdes, king of Armenia, to led his forces through the mountains of that country, for the sake of shelter from the Iranian cavalry.
		Instead Crassus followed the guidance of a Tazi (Arab) chief, whose name is given by Plutarch improbably as Ariamnes, but whom other sources name as Abcar or Abgar, and whom commentators have identified as the chief of the city of Edessa.
		Soon the young Crassus was disabled, and the remnant of his force retired to a mound to make their last stand.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/surena/surena.php (2152 words)

	Marcus Licinius Crassus
		Crassus stammte aus einer Familie die dem 2.
		Crassus danach in einem Krieg gegen die Parther den Kriegsruhm erringen der ihm im zu seinen beiden Partnern abging.
		Mit einem Heer zog er von Syrien über den Euphrat erlitt aber in der Schlacht bei Carrhae eine vernichtende Niederlage und wurde durch getötet.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Crassus.html (303 words)

	Richest People in History Ancient Roman Crassus
		Marcus Licinus Crassus, born into a wealthy Roman family around the year 115 B.C., acquired enormous wealth through (in the words of Plutarch) "fire and rapine." One of his most lucrative schemes took advantage of the fact that Rome had no fire department.
		Crassus filled this void by creating his own brigade--500 men strong--which rushed to burning buildings at the first cry of alarm.
		Crassus increased his sizable inheritance of 7 million sesterces to a fortune of about 170 million--a sum nearly equal to the entire annual income of the Roman treasury--at the time of his death.
	www.trivia-library.com /b/richest-people-in-history-marcus-licinus-crassus.htm (358 words)

	Crassus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Crassus, Marcus Licinius, full name Marcus Licinius Crassus (115?-53 bc), Roman politician and speculator, a member of the First Triumvirate.
		Claudius Crassus, Appius (flourished 450 bc), Roman public official.
		Roman politician Marcus Licinius Crassus (115?-53 bc) was among the wealthiest individuals in Rome during his lifetime.
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