Marcus Licinius Crassus
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Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS) (c. 115 BC – 53 BC) was a Roman general and politician who won the Third Servile War against Spartacus and was member of the First Triumvirate, with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar. One of the richest men of the era, he was killed after a defeat at Carrhae.