See also:

• CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat ")  , a See also:

• FAMILY

family name in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman gens Licinia (plebeian) . The most important of the name are the following: 1 . PUBLIUS See also:

• LICINIUS

LICINIUS See also:

• CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

CRASSUS, surnamed Dives See also:

• MUCIANUS, LICINIUS

Mucianus, Roman statesman, orator and jurist, See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul, 131 B.C . He was the son of P . Mucius See also:

• SCAEVOLA

Scaevola (consul 175) and was adopted by a P . Licinius Crassus Dives . An intimate friend of Tiberius See also:

• GRACCHUS

Gracchus, he was chosen after his See also:

• DEATH

death to take his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the agrarian See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission (see GRACCHUS) . In 131 when Crassus was consul with L . See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus, See also:

• ARISTONICUS

Aristonicus, an illegitimate son of See also:

• EUMENES
• EUMENES (c. 360-316 B.C.)

Eumenes II. of See also:

• PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS (mod. Bergama)

Pergamum, laid claim to the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, which had been bequeathed by Attalus III. to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Both consuls were anxious to obtain the command against him; Crassus was See also:

• PONTIFEX

pontifex See also:

• MAXIMUS
• MAXIMUS, ST (c. 58o-662)

maximus, and Flaccus a See also:

• FLAMEN (from flare, " to blow up " the altar fire)

flamen of See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars . Crassus declared that Flaccus could not neglect his sacred See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and imposed a conditional See also:

• FINE

fine on him in the event of his leaving Rome . The popular See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly remitted the fine, but Flaccus was ordered to obey the pontifex maximus .

Crassus accordingly proceeded to See also:

• ASIA

Asia, although in doing so he violated the See also:

• RULE

rule which forbade the pontifex maximus to leave See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Nothing is known of his military operations . But in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, when he was making preparations to return, he was surprised near Leucae . He was himself taken prisoner by a Thracian See also:

• BAND

band, and provoked his captors, who were ignorant of his identity, to put him to death . Crassus does not seem to have possessed much military ability, but he was greatly distinguished for his knowledge of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and his accomplished See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory . He had acquired such a mastery of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language that, when he presided over the courts in Asia, he was able to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer each suitor in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary Greek or any of the dialects in use . See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, De oratore, i . 50; See also:

• PHILIPPICS

Philippics, xi . 8; ,See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Tib . Gracchus, 21; See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, Epit . 59; Val . Max. iii .

2 . 12, viii . 7 . 6; Vell . Pat. ii . 4; See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 4; See also:

• OROSIUS, PAULUS (fl. 415)

Orosius v . 10 . 2 . See also:

• LUCIUS

LUCIUS LICINIUS CRASSUS (140—91 B.C.), the orator, of unknown parentage . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nineteen (or twenty-one) he made his reputation by a speech against C . Papirius See also:

• CARBO

Carbo, the friend of the Gracchi .

The law passed by him and his colleague Q . Mucius Scaevola during their consulship (95), to prevent those passing as Roman citizens who had no right to the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, was one of the See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime causes of the Social See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (Cicero, See also:

• PRO

Pro See also:

• BALBO, CESARE, COUNT (1789–1853)

Balbo, xxi., De officiis, iii . I1) . During his censorship Crassus suppressed the newly founded See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Latin rhetoricians (Aulus See also:

• GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius xv . II) . He died from excitement caused by his passionate speech against the consul L . Marcius See also:

• PHILIPPUS, MARCUS JULIUS

Philippus, who had insulted the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate . Crassus is one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief speakers in the De oratore of Cicero, who has also preserved a few fragments of his speeches . 3 . PUBLIUS LICINIUS CRASSUS, called Dives, See also:

• FATHER

father of the triumvir . Little is known of him before he became consul in 97, except that he proposed a law regulating the expenses of the table, which met with See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general approval . During his consulship the practice of magic arts was condemned by a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of the senate, and human See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice was abolished .

He was subsequently See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain for some years, during which he gained several successes over the Lusitanians, and on his return in 93 was honoured with a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . After the Social War, as See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor with L . See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar, he had the task of enrolling in new tribes certain of the Latins and Italians as a See also:

• REWARD

reward for their See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, but the proceedings seem to have been interrupted by certain irregularities . They also forbade the introduction of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign wines and unguents . Crassus committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide in 87, to avoid falling into the hands of the Marian party . Plutarch, Crassus, 4; Aulus Gellius ii . 24; See also:

• MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS

Macrobius, Saturnalia, ii . 13; Livy, Epit . 8o; See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. See also:

• XXX

xxx . 3; See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell . Civ. i .

72; See also:

• FESTUS (? RuFUS or RUFIUS)
• FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS

Festus, under Referri . 4 . See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS (c . 115—53 B.C.), the Triumvir, surnamed Dives (See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich) on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . His wealth was acquired by See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic in slaves, the working of See also:

• SILVER

silver mines, and judicious purchases of lands and houses, especially those of proscribed citizens . The proscription of See also:

• CINNA
• CINNA, GAIUS HELVIUS

Cinna obliged him to flee to Spain; but after Cinna's death he passed into See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and thence to Italy, where he ingratiated himself with See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla . Having been sent against See also:

• SPARTACUS

Spartacus, he gained a decisive victory, and was honoured with a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor triumph . Soon after-wards he was elected consul with See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey, and (70) displayed his wealth by entertaining the populace at to,00o tables, and distributing sufficient See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn to last each family three months . In 65 he was censor, and in 6o he joined Pompey and Caesar in the See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition known as the first triumvirate . In 55 he was again consul with Pompey, and a law was passed, assigning the provinces of the two Spains and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria to the two consuls for five years . Crassus was satisfied with Syria, which promised to be an inexhaustible source of wealth . Having crossed the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates he hastened to make himself See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• PARTHIA

Parthia; but he was defeated at Carrhae (53 B.C.) and taken prisoner by Surenas, the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian general, who put him to death by pouring molten See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold down his See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat .

His See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head was cut off and sent to See also:

• ORODES (also called HYRODES, Pers. Hurauda)

Orodes, the Parthian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . Crassus was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of only moderate abilities, and owed his importance to his great wealth . See Plutarch's See also:

• LIFE

Life; also CAESAR) See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS JULIUS; POMPEY; RoME : See also:

• HISTORY

History, II .