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Crassus: Rome’s richest man

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Author Peter Stothard explores the eventful life of Marcus Licinius Crassus, an enormously wealthy politician and general, who rivalled Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in late Republican Rome. In conversation with Rob Attar, Peter explores Crassus’s rise to wealth and influence, his key role in defeating the Spartacus Revolt, and the disastrous military campaign that ended in his humiliating death. (Ad) Peter Stothard is the author of Crassus: The First Tycoon (Yale University Press, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crassus-First-Tycoon-Ancient-Lives/dp/0300256604/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. And remember, it's just between us. Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. I, uh. So, Benny has really blossomed this term. You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. Oh, that's not quite what I meant. It's free to sell on there. Free to sell? Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. You sold my guitar? Shall we talk about Benny? When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:56.8

Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.

1:00.8

Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery.

1:05.8

Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming.

1:10.6

Nobody actually knew it existed.

1:13.3

But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.

1:18.3

It looked good, really, really good.

1:21.7

Their investors thought so too.

1:23.9

And now their hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly.

1:28.7

Thanks, Canber.

1:32.3

Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

1:35.8

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

1:48.9

Thank you. and BBC history revealed. Marcus Licinius Krasis was Rome's richest man.

1:53.9

His wealth brought in political power and military success.

1:58.3

But it didn't always translate into popularity. Following his death,

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