By Peter Stothard
ISBN: 978-0300256604
Yale Books (2022) – $26.00
M. Licinius Crassus (ca.115–53 BC) was the richest man to live during the last years of the Roman Republic. How he established his wealth and reputation, then spectacularly squandered them, is told in this new biography.
Crassus was an opportunist in turbulent times. When his father and brother stood against C. Marius and were executed, Crassus fled to Spain and lived in a cave. He returned to Italy with an army