Crassus: The First Tycoon (Ancient Lives)

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Crassus is best known as the richest man of Rome and member of the First Triumvirate together with Caesar and Pompey. However, this short history of one of Rome's most interesting characters is a gift from Peter Stothard. This book aside from Allen Wards earlier work is the only one in English and while it is fairly good it is not nearly as thorough in its examination but it also assumes prior knowledge of the reader. Romans saw the value of precious metals but also the danger of mining them—for pollution of mind and the land.

An obscenely wealthy oligarch seeks new prestige by invading a neighbouring country whose resilience he doesn't appreciate--and meets with catastrophe. Since the days of Plutarch, if not before, Marcus Licinius Crassus has been viewed as the ultimate exemplar of folly and dishonesty in the super-rich.Pompey brought gold home as booty, massive statues of the kings he had defeated, silver beds and ancient bronze. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers. Crassus is the least known of the Triumvirate of the Late Republic so this book likely fills th gap between all that is written about Pompey and Caesar. There is an enormous amount of information condensed in the few pages and it is certainly not for beginners, but a good way for amateur enthusiasts to refresh their memory and knowledge of this fascinating period in Roman history, covering roughly the period from the end of the Sulla-Marius rivalry to the beginnings of Caesar's reign and the beginning of the end for the Republic. I will certainly try those out, but hope they are less dense as my knowledge of those periods is virtually non-existent.

La o primă analiză, seria ar putea fi cuprinsă în colecțiile Osprey, calitatea scriiturii și veridicitatea informațiilor tinzând în acea direcție. Previous knowledge of the characters and the time period is definitely helpful as it is not a thorough biography (probably for the better).See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down. The financier of Rome's Late Republic, member of the unofficial Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey, and suppressor of Spartacus's rebellion, he is perhaps best remembered as the loser at Carrhae when - after watching his son's untimely death - he has his own head removed from his body, later (according to rumour) to be used as a prop in a Greek play.

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Nonetheless, this is a well-written biography of one of Ancient Rome's most fascinating bad guys with an absolutely gorgeous cover to boot.

In Stothard’s fine prose we see not only the whole picture of Crassus’s life but also how consequential a figure he truly was. Since the Romans were certain that their country was the greatest country of its time, the underground wealth had surely to be somewhere.

It was a Parthian insult which essentially meant as hair cannot grow on a man's palm it conformed to the Greek word adunaton that something cannot happen until something impossible happens 'deserts freezing over, dogs climbing pear trees.