Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus ... borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar ...

Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of the same name lay close to the empire’s eastern borders ...

The administration in Rome now began to take the threat from Spartacus seriously and the Roman politician and general Marcus Licinius Crassus led an army south. The slaves managed to break through ...

No rich man could ever surpass Roman 'geezer' Marcus Licinius Crassus, he was minted! But how much do you know about the world's wealthiest Roman? Watch the song and then take the quiz to see if ...