Crassus: The First Tycoon

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The story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory The World of Marcus Licinius Crassus 1st Century BCE ANCIENT LIVES Contents Prologue CHAPTER ONE. The Secret Disrupter CHAPTER TWO. A Faraway Place CHAPTER THREE. Nothing to Laugh About CHAPTER FOUR. Inside the Cave CHAPTER FIVE. Crassus at War CHAPTER SIX. Ways of Revenge CHAPTER SEVEN. Parthian Faces CHAPTER EIGHT. Fire and Finance CHAPTER NINE. Problems with Foreigners CHAPTER TEN. Spartacus CHAPTER ELEVEN. Eastern Questions CHAPTER TWELVE. The Nature of Money CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Three-Headed Monster CHAPTER FOURTEEN. How to Be First CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Divine Bull’s Warning CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Hairs on a Man’s Palm CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Camels and Bows CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Brawl over a Horse CHAPTER NINETEEN. Crassus’s Triumph Chronology Source Notes Acknowledgments Index