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Marcus Licinius Crassus

member of the First Triumvirate

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2nd century BC

  • 115 BCEMarcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and consul (died 53 BC)source

1st century BC

  • 72 BCEAutumn – Spartacus and his followers withdraw to the Bruttium peninsula. At one juncture he contemplates attacking Rome – but moves south. The Senate sends Marcus Licinius Crassus against Spartacus.source
  • 71 BCEThird Servile War ends; Slave rebellion under leadership of Spartacus is crushed by a Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus. Slaves taken prisoner are crucified naked along the Via Appia.source
  • 67 BCEJulius Caesar reconciles with Pompey and Crassussource
  • 60 BCECreation of the First Triumvirate, an informal political alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus (or 59 BC).source
  • 59 BCEThe First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC).source
  • 56 BCEThe three Roman politician-generals of the First Triumvirate — Caesar, Pompey and Crassus — meet at the Luca Conference at the town of Luca (modern Lucca, in Tuscany), near Pisa, where they renewed their fraying political alliance, and further cemented the three men's increasing consolidation of power in the Roman Republic.source
  • 55 BCEConsuls Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus pass the Lex Trebonia.source
  • 55 BCEConsuls: Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.source
  • 54 BCECrassus arrives in Syria as proconsul and invades the Parthian Empire, initiating the Roman–Persian Wars, which were to last nearly seven centuries.source
  • 53 BCEThe Parthian Empire achieved a decisive victory against Rome at the Battle of Carrhae, where General Surena defeated and killed Roman triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus. According to some historical interpretations, the Mahestan (Parthian noble council) supported preparations for the defense of the empire and advised the king during the military mobilization.source
  • 53 BCECrassus sacks the Temple of Hierapolis and the Temple in Jerusalem on his way to engage the Parthians.source
  • 53 BCEMay 6 – Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman politician and general — executed after the Battle of Carrhaesource
  • 20 BCEMay 12 – Emperor Augustus Caesar negotiates a peace with Parthia, making Armenia a buffer zone between the two major powers. The captured eagles of Marcus Licinius Crassus and Mark Antony are returned.source

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