Crassus

CRASSUS’ FIRE DEPARTMENT

               Marcus Crassus became the richest man in Rome partly through real estate.  He created the first fire department in Rome.  Sometimes he paid arsonists to set fire to a house and then he would wait around the corner with his fire fighters.  When the fire was underway, Crassus and Read more

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THE BATTLE OF CARRHAE

                    Marcus Lucinius Crassus was the richest man in Rome and yet he still craved power to go along with it.  He had helped Sulla become dictator by defeating the forces of Marius outside Rome and later ended the slave rebellion by defeating Spartacus.  He imagined himself to be a Read more

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