Ancient Lives #: Crassus

The First Tycoon

Ancient Lives #: Crassus
Peter Stothard
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 184pg
11 Oct 2022 US
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9780300256604
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The story of Rome' s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome' s first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations. After Crassus was killed, historians told many stories of his demise. Some said that his open mouth, shriveled by desert air, had been filled with molten gold as testament to his lifetime of greed. His story poses both immediate and lasting questions about the intertwining of money, ambition, and power.

Crassus: The First Tycoon

"Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome. Here he cleverly explores the life of one of the most puzzling and elusive ' big men' in the history of Rome, and why it matters. "-Mary Beard "An obscenely wealthy oligarch seeks new prestige by invading a neighbouring country whose resilience he doesn' t appreciate-and meets with catastrophe. This is a superb life of an ancient Roman whose experiences horrifically echo our own time. "-Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Peter Stothard is an author, journalist, and critic. He is a former editor of The Times of London and of the Times Literary Supplement. His latest book is The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar.
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ISBN-13: 9780300256604
Published: 11 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 184

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