During the Roman Republic, Crassus played an important role in transforming it into the Roman Empire. He is widely known as "the richest man in Rome.". He lived from 115 to 53 BC. Who was the richest ...

Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of three Consuls which made up the first Triumverate of Rome around 55 BC. He was a partner elected by the Roman Senate alongside Julius Ceasar and Pompey.

Crassus, who was about 60, still craved military glory and set his sights on Parthia, an eastern empire in Mesopotamia, and its king, Orodes II. Crassus began his invasion in 53 B.C., but the ...

As Spartacus' army gains more followers by the day, Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier) is tasked with killing the Thracian and ending the rebellion.

The book takes as its focus the Western Empire, which ended in 476 CE, and offers infographics through three major lenses: land and people; government, worship, and social needs; and the military.

It all started with the Roman Republic, established in 501 B.C. as a model of government that centuries later the fledgling United States and European nations would look toward. Checks and ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

The clash took place in 53BC between an army led by Marcus Crassus, a Roman general, and a larger force of Parthians, from what is now Iran, bringing to an abrupt halt the Roman Empire's eastwards ...