Crassus

Proper noun

Meaning

Crassus

(historical) Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general.

Phrases with the word

Examples

Afterwards, when Spartacus retreated to the Bruttium peninsula in the southwest of Italy, Crassus tried to pen up his armies by building a ditch and a rampart across the peninsula of Rhegium in Bruttium, "from sea to sea." Source: Internet

After a successful campaign which resulted in the submission of a substantial section of the Moesi, Crassus again sought out the Bastarnae. Source: Internet

Antony dispatched Publius Canidius Crassus to Armenia, receiving Artavasdes II's surrender without opposition. Source: Internet

As an adherent of Sulla, and the wealthiest man in Rome, and a man who hailed from a line of consuls and praetors, Crassus' political future was apparently assured. Source: Internet

Artavasdes II offered Crassus the aid of nearly forty thousand troops to assist his Parthian expedition on the condition that Crassus invade through Armenia as the safer route. Source: Internet

At the end of their joint consular year, Crassus would have the influential and lucrative governorship of Syria, and use this as a base to conquer Parthia. Source: Internet

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