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Crassus' grandfather of the same name, Marcus Licinius Crassus [13] (praetor c. 126 BC), was facetiously given the Greek nickname Agelastus (the unlaughing or grim) by his contemporary Gaius Lucilius, the inventor of Roman satire, who asserted that he smiled once in his whole life. This grandfather was son of Publius Licinius Crassus.
Marcus Licinius Crassus (fl. 1st century BC), grandson of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus, was a Roman consul in the year 30 BC as the colleague of Octavian (the future Roman Emperor Augustus). [1] He was best known for his successful campaigns in Macedonia and Thrace in 29–27 BC, for which he was denied customary military honors by ...
He was the son of Publius Mucius Scaevola, the consul of 175 BC, but was adopted by his uncle, Publius Licinius Crassus, consul in 171. Marcus Licinius P. f. P. n. Crassus Agelastus, grandfather of the triumvir, he was said to have obtained his surname because he never laughed. [50] [51] Licinia P. f. P. n., sister of Marcus Licinius Crassus ...
The following is a list of Roman praetors as reported by ancient sources.. A praetor in ancient Rome was a person who held an annual office below the level of a consul but who still received a grant of imperium, allowing him to command armed forces.
Publius Licinius Crassus (died 87 BC) was a member of the respected and prominent Crassi branch of the plebeian gens Licinia as well as the father of the famous triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus. His father was Marcus Licinius Crassus Agelastus and his brother Marcus Licinius Crassus served as a praetor in 107 BC.
An invading force of seven legions of Roman heavy infantry under Marcus Licinius Crassus was lured into the desert and decisively defeated by a mixed cavalry army of heavy cataphracts and light horse archers led by the Parthian general Surena. On such flat terrain, the Legion proved to have no viable tactics against the highly mobile Parthian ...
She and Crassus had two sons together, Marcus Licinius Crassus and Publius Licinius Crassus. Their marriage seems to have been a happy one despite her being a mistress of Julius Caesar . [ 5 ] Crassus seems to have either not minded the affair or supported it as it may have helped his political position. [ 4 ]
Marcus Licinius Crassus Agelastus is described as the praetor, and therefore judge of the trial, dated from 126. [12] In this civil case, a ward accused his guardian of having mismanaged his affairs; Octavius was the lawyer of the guardian, while the ward's lawyer was Marcus Plautius Hypsaeus, later consul in 125.