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Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS·DIVES¹) (ca. 115 BC–53 BC) was a Roman general and politician who suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus and entered into a secret pact, known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. He was known as one of the richest men of the era (Dives is Latin for "rich") and was killed after a defeat at Carrhae. Of the three informal triumvirs who helped bring an end to the Roman Republic, somehow Crassus, unli ...

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• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology
• Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives
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The Caecilii Metellii was one of the most important and wealthiest families in the Roman Republic. Although plebeians (meaning not of patrician stock — the Caecilii Metelli were nobles) the Caecilii Metellii remained a political power within the state, from 3rd century BC to the end of the Republic, holding every office in the cursus honorum as well as several important military commands. Important members of the Caecilius Metellus clan include: Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul 251 BC and 247 BC, died 221 ...

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Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna Aeneas Romulus Numa Early Kings Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Vestal Virgins Flamen Dialis The ...

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• Pontifex Maximus - Popular culture
• Pontifex Maximus - Incomplete list of Pontifices maximi
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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC - 110s BC - 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC Years: 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC - 111 BC - 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC 111 BC - Events. The city of Rome devastated by fire. The Han Empire annexed Nanyue, and extended its territory to Cochin China, Vietnam. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Guilin was named S ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC - 110s BC - 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC Years: 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC - 110 BC - 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC 106 BC 105 BC Events Jugurtha king of Numidia defeats a Roman army under Aulus Postumius Albinus. Han Dynasty of China annexed Minyue. Births Gaius Marius the Younger born Deaths ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC - 110s BC - 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC Years: 122 BC 121 BC 120 BC 119 BC 118 BC - 117 BC - 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC Births Deaths Events Category: 117 BC ...

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Zafarظفار is an ancient Arabian site, situated in Yemen, some 130 km southsouthwest of the capital Sanaá. It was the capital of the Himyarites, who ruled much of southern Arabia (c. 115 BC—c. 525). Zafar was one of the most prosperous and celebrated cities in southern Arabia prior to the Persian conquest. The city was home to both Christian and Jewish communities. Zafar, Zafer, Zhafar, Dhafar (ظفر) [Urdu, Arabic, Persian] is a popular name in Pakistan. It means conqueror, one who takes a country, triumph. Th ...

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In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. His was the most important of the Pontifices (plural of Pontifex), positions in the main sacred college (Collegium Pontificum), which he directed. Other members of this priesthood included the Rex Sacrorum (king of the sacred rites), the Flamines (each devoted to a major deity), the Vestales. During the early Republic, the Pontifex Maximus selected the members to hold these posts ...

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Pontifex Maximus, Pontifex Maximus - Etymology, Pontifex Maximus - Origins duties and development of the Pagan Pontifices, Pontifex Maximus - Legacy, Pontifex Maximus - Christian usage, Pontifex Maximus - The tradition of sovereign as High Priest, Pontifex Maximus - Popular culture, Pontifex Maximus - Incomplete list of Pontifices maximi, Pontifex Maximus - Furthermore

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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (born circa 163 BC – died 88 BC) was a Roman politician. He was considered one of the most talented and influential politicians of his day. Scaurus was born in a patrician family, although impoverished. In order to maintain the family lifestyle, his father became a coal-dealer. However, Scaurus himself declined any commercial activities (forbidden for senators) and embarked in a political life. Scaurus’ cursus honorum started when he became a military tribune in the Hispania provinces. Then he ...

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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus - The Princeps Senatus, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus - The soldier

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In 105 BC, Rome and its new consuls Quintus Servilius Caepio and Gnaeus Mallius Maximus decided they had had enough of these invaders. So to settle the matter once and for all, the Republic gathered the largest force it had fielded since the Second Punic War, possibly the largest force it had ever sent to battle, with over 80,000 troops along with tens of thousands of support personel and camp followers in two armies, one led by Cepio and one led by Maximus. The consuls led their armies on their own armed migration to the Rhône River ...

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Cimbrian War, Cimbrian War - Migrations and conflicts, Cimbrian War - Triumph and disaster at the river Orange, Cimbrian War - Marius takes command, Cimbrian War - The annihilation of the Cimbri and Teutones, Cimbrian War - Aftermath

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Marcus Licinius Crassus was the son of a former consul and censor, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives. He came from a respectable, well-established plebeian family. His father fought in the Social War under Lucius Julius Caesar III, grandfather of Mark Antony. Though his father had celebrated a triumph, Crassus grew up in a small house that was not only home to himself and his parents, but also to his two elder brothers and their families. Although originally a supporter of Gaius Marius and his Populares party, Crassus's father fought aga ...

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Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life, Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt of Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Notes

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In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. His was the most important of the Pontifices (plural of Pontifex), positions in the main sacred college (Collegium Pontificum), which he directed. Other members of this priesthood included the Rex Sacrorum (king of the sacred rites), the Flamines (each devoted to a major deity), the Vestales. During the early Republic, the Pontifex Maximus selected the members to hold these posts ...

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Pontifex Maximus, Pontifex Maximus - Etymology, Pontifex Maximus - Origins, duties, and development of the Pagan Pontifices, Pontifex Maximus - Legacy, Pontifex Maximus - Christian usage, Pontifex Maximus - The tradition of sovereign as High Priest, Pontifex Maximus - Popular culture, Pontifex Maximus - Incomplete list of Pontifices maximi, Pontifex Maximus - Furthermore

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Crassus' death is important for a number of reasons. While one of the most successful businessmen in Roman history, he still hungered for the military glory of his colleagues, Caesar and Pompey. Instead, he would be remembered as the man responsible for one of Rome's greatest military disasters. More significantly, his death severed the bonds between Pompey and Caesar, already strained by the death of Pompey's wife, and Caesar's daughter, Julia, in 54 BC. It is possible that civil war would have resulted even if Crassus had live ...

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Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life, Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt of Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Notes

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For unknown reasons (possibly due to climate change, see Pre-Roman Iron Age) sometime around 120-115 BC, the Cimbri left their original lands around the Baltic sea in the Jutland peninsula and Southern Scandinavia. They journeyed to the southeast, and were soon joined by their neighbors and possible relatives the Teutones. Together they defeated the Scordisci tribe, along with the Boii, many of whom apparently joined them. In 113 BC they arrived on the Danube, in Noricum, home to the Roman allied Taurisci. Unable to hold back these ne ...

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Cimbrian War, Cimbrian War - Migrations and conflicts, Cimbrian War - Triumph and disaster at the river Orange, Cimbrian War - Marius takes command, Cimbrian War - The annihilation of the Cimbri and Teutones, Cimbrian War - Aftermath

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By 102 BC, Marius was ready to move against the Teutones. He chose his ground carefully and built a well fortified camp on the top of a hill near Aquae Sextiae, where he enticed the Teutones and their Ambrones allies to attack him. Once they did, they were attacked in the rear by a select force of five cohorts, Marius had hidden in a nearby wood. The Teutones were routed and massacred and their king, Teutobod, placed in Roman chains. But Aquae Sextiae had only evened the score, whi ...

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Cimbrian War, Cimbrian War - Migrations and conflicts, Cimbrian War - Triumph and disaster at the river Orange, Cimbrian War - Marius takes command, Cimbrian War - The annihilation of the Cimbri and Teutones, Cimbrian War - Aftermath

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Following the devastation of the Arausio, fear shook the Roman Republic to its foundations. The terror cimbricus became a watchword, as Rome expected the Cimbri at its gates at any time. In this atmosphere of panic and desperation, an emergency was declared. The constitution was suspended and Gaius Marius, the victor over Jugurtha of Numidia was elected consul with an unprecidented four year term instead of the usual one year starting in 104 BC, and appointed Imperator, supreme commander of the army, with unpreceedented p ...

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Cimbrian War, Cimbrian War - Migrations and conflicts, Cimbrian War - Triumph and disaster at the river Orange, Cimbrian War - Marius takes command, Cimbrian War - The annihilation of the Cimbri and Teutones, Cimbrian War - Aftermath

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In an attempt to counter Caesar’s and Pompey’s growing fame and power, Crassus had intended to use Syria as a base for operations against the Parthian Empire, something which aroused considerable opposition since Parthia had never done the Romans any harm. When Crassus crossed the Euphrates into Mesopotamia, many cities with Greek populations came over to his side. He garrisoned them and then withdrew back to Syria for the winter. There he waited for his son ...

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Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life, Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt of Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Notes

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