The latter's brother C. Licinius Crassus ( consul 168 BC ) produced the third line of Licinia Crassi of the period, the most famous of whom was L. Licinius Crassus the orator ( consul 95 BC ), the greatest Roman orator before Cicero and the latter's childhood hero and model.

A cavalry officer, Publius Licinius Crassus, from his advantageous position on his horse, grasped what was happening and on his own initiative ordered the third line of battle ( the infantry reserve ) into action in support of the Roman right.

Interlocutors, primarily Crassus and Antonius, posit that the ideal orator: needs a wealth of knowledge ( Crassus ); would have the rhetorical ability to “ first win people over, second, to instruct them, and third, to stir their feelings ” ( Antonius ; similar to Aristotle ’ s ethos, logos, pathos ); is a master of invention, style ( includes correct Latin, clarity, distinction, and appropriateness ) and eloquence ; uses natural ability and have a willingness to imitate a great teacher for the sake of effectually perfecting the natural ability and not for the cloning of the teacher.

After Cinna's death in 84 BC, Crassus went to the Roman province of Africa where adherents of Sulla were gathering.

Caesar contrived to reconcile the two men, and then combined their clout with his own to have himself elected consul in 59 BC ; he and Crassus were already friends ( modern consensus as to the beginning of the friendship to be as early as 65 where a young Caesar supported Crassus's proposal to make Egypt tributary to Rome ), and he solidified his alliance with Pompey by giving him his own daughter, Julia, in marriage.

Perseus won the first struggle: the Battle of Callicinus, where he faced the army of Publius Licinius Crassus.

Finally, although Dio states that Crassus was voted a Triumph in Rome by the Senate, there is no evidence in inscriptions of that year ( 27 BC ) that it was actually celebrated.

* Third Servile War ends ; Slave uprising under leadership of Spartacus is crushed by a Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus.

Instead of assuming the consulship, Crassus is accused of planning to become dictator and intending to name Caesar magister equitum.

Amassing an enormous fortune during his life, Crassus is considered the wealthiest man in Roman history, and among the richest men in all history.

Crassus is said to have made part of his money from proscriptions, notably the proscription of one man whose name was not initially on the list of those proscribed but was added by Crassus who coveted the man's fortune.

* Marcus Licinius Crassus is a major character in the 1956 Alfred Duggan novel, Winter Quarters.

The second half of the novel is related by its Gallic narrator from within the ranks of Crassus ' doomed army en route to do battle with Parthia.

* Marcus Licinius Crassus is a principal character in the 1960 film Spartacus, played by actor Laurence Olivier.

* Marcus Crassus, along with Palene, is one of the two narrators in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus.

* Marcus Licinius Crassus is a principal character in the 2004 TV film, Spartacus, played by actor Angus Macfadyen.

* Crassus is a major character in the novels Fortune's Favourites and Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough.

* Crassus is a major character in the 1992 novel Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor.

* In David Drake's Ranks of Bronze, the Lost Legion is the major participant, although Crassus himself has been killed before the book begins.

* Crassus is a major character in Conn Iggulden's Emperor series

Crassus is depicted as a vain man with poor military judgement.

* Crassus is a major character in Robert Harris's novel " Lustrum " ( published as " Conspirata " in the USA ), the sequel to " Imperium ", which both chronicle the career of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger.

* Marcus Licinius Crassus campaigns successfully in the Balkans, killing the king of the Bastarnae with his own hand, but is denied the right to dedicate the spolia opima by Octavian.

* Aristonicus of Pergamon leads an uprising against Rome, and consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius is killed in the fighting.

* Publius Licinius Crassus Dives is elected " pontifex maximus " over more distinguished candidates, despite never having held any major offices.

The first Decemviri, composed entirely of patricians is led by consuls Appius Claudius Crassus and Titus Genucius Augurinus.

The whole affair is likely to have been a political move, engineered by Gaius Julius Caesar, his object being to make the popularis leaders the rulers of the state, Marcus Licinius Crassus, in order to embarrass Pompey, or even Pompey himself, to fulfill his obligation to provide land for the veterans of the Mithridatic Wars.

Appius Claudius Crassus is said to have made an unjust decision which would have forced a young woman named Verginia into prostitution, prompting her father to kill her.

The man selected for the task was Marcus Licinius Crassus, grandson of Crassus the triumvir and an experienced general at 33 years of age, who was appointed proconsul of Macedonia in 29 BC.

Crassus marched to the Dentheletae's assistance, but the Bastarnae host hastily withdrew over the Haemus at his approach.

Crassus followed them closely into Moesia but they would not be drawn into battle, withdrawing beyond the Tsibritsa.

Crassus now turned his attention to the Moesi, his prime target.

After a successful campaign which resulted in the submission of a substantial section of the Moesi, Crassus again sought out the Bastarnae.

Crassus personally killed their king, Deldo, in combat, a feat which qualified him for Rome's highest military honour, spolia opima, but Augustus refused to award it on a technicality.

Augustus also forbade Crassus to accept the honorary title of imperator (" supreme commander ") from his troops, traditional for victorious generals.

After his return to Rome, Crassus disappears from the record altogether, both epigraphic and literary.

His tomb has not been found in the excavated Crassus family mausoleum in Rome.

Ronald Syme points out the similarity of Crassus ' removal from the official record with that of Cornelius Gallus, the contemporary disgraced governor of Egypt, who was recalled by Augustus for assuming inappropriate honours.

The following year ( 28 BC ), Crassus marched on Genucla.

The strategic result of Crassus ' campaigns was the permanent annexation of Moesia by Rome.

His land forces which had been in Armenia were brought down to the coast of Asia, and embarked under L. Canidius Crassus.

Gaius Sosius launched the initial attack from the left wing of the fleet, while Antony's chief lieutenant Publius Canidius Crassus was in command of the triumvir's land forces.

Claudius ' son-in-law Pompeius Magnus was executed for his part in a conspiracy with his father Crassus Frugi.

Pliny the Elder notes that several of them were richer than Crassus, the richest man of the Republican era.

"; a reference to the scene in the movie Spartacus in which the survivors of Spartacus's army, defeated by Roman legions, are offered leniency by Crassus, if they will identify their leader.

In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years.

These achievements granted him unmatched military power and threatened to eclipse the standing of Pompey, who had realigned himself with the Senate after the death of Crassus in 53 BC.

He turned to Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of Rome's richest men.

In return for political support in his opposition to the interests of Pompey, Crassus paid some of Caesar's debts and acted as guarantor for others.

Caesar was already in Crassus ' political debt, but he also made overtures to Pompey.