In the later period of ancient Rome, Caesar, Pompeii and crassus formed three famous giants in the history of ancient Rome. These three
In the later period of ancient Rome, Caesar, Pompeii and crassus formed three famous giants in the history of ancient Rome. These three people have their own characteristics, but the most distinctive one is Crass, the richest man in Rome. Crassus made a fortune through business, organized his own huge army, and finally died in the Battle of Calais, which conquered Pattaya. As the most famous politician in late ancient Rome, what was his early experience? He was born into a wealthy family, and his father Publi uz was already the richest man in Rome at that time. As a member of the Senate, he once held a "triumph ceremony" in Rome for his exploits.
Sura's opponent, Marius, was suppressed during his administration because of his political bias towards the powerful Sura faction. This situation did not change immediately after the death of Marius, and the new consul Lucius Steiner continued to suppress Sura. Tanner's behavior made young crassus flee to Sura's stronghold in Africa, and finally followed Sura into Rome. After Sura seized power, crassus was able to flourish in Rome. He manages minerals, speculates in real estate transactions, accepts bribes, illegally occupies other people's property, and accumulates a lot of wealth through black market transactions and other means. As a profiteer, crassus is good at exploiting people's panic.
He noticed that houses in Rome were densely distributed and easy to catch fire, so he organized a fire brigade. Once some houses in the city caught fire, he took advantage of the panic of the owners and bought the burning house and the adjacent house at a low price. Then, crassus agreed to let his fire brigade put out the fire. Through this treacherous and inhuman means, crassus bought thousands of houses and residences in Rome, and then rented them at high prices, making a fortune. It is said that crassus often pesters a temple virgin to get her villa. Because of frequent contact, people suspect that he is having an affair with a virgin. For crassus, who had a large number of slaves, he also owned many silver mines. He personally directed the education of slaves, often saying that "the master should let the slaves do everything, and what the master should do is to manage the slaves."
However, crassus, as a profiteer, is not entirely an uneducated person who started his career by treacherous means. He was fascinated by Aristotle's theory and always accompanied by a scholar when he went away. Every time the scholar traveled with him, he got a cloak, but it was taken back when he came back. He is also good at buying people's hearts. He often lends money to his friends without interest, but as soon as the loan period comes, he immediately calls for debts. He can entertain civilians in his mansion, and he can call each other's names as long as they say hello to him in the street. After Sura stepped down, he cleverly formed an alliance with Pompeii and Caesar. Caesar was captured by pirates in Asia, but crassus managed to rescue him. After Caesar has an affair with his wife, he can also fund Caesar's campaign.
Before Caesar went to Spain to be an administrator, the creditors came to him and detained him. Crassus guaranteed Caesar's huge debt, which enabled Caesar to leave and go to Spain for his post. As a businessman, politics in crassus is like doing business. From the Senate to the lower classes, he has countless debtors and supporters. He is not a loyal and firm friend, nor does he look like a sworn enemy. As long as it involves immediate interests, he can get rid of personal grudges in time and be fickle. His most outstanding political achievement was to defeat the insurgents in the Spartacus uprising. More than 10,000 slaves of these uprisings were annihilated and Spartacus was killed. At the same time, in order to rectify military discipline, he reactivated the Eleventh Law of Shooting: 500 deserters were divided into 50 groups, and each group 1 person drew lots to decide on public execution.
However, crassus, who had an advantage in wealth, was jealous of Pompeii and Caesar's increasingly prominent military exploits and prestige, and brazenly launched a war against the Eastern Parthian Empire. He wants to conquer the East like Alexander the Great and win great honor for the empire. After the second consul's term ended, crassus was appointed as the governor of Syrian provinces. Before going out to war, he gave up his allies' suggestion to attack Taixi Peak by taking a rugged mountain road, and chose to order the Roman heavy infantry to spread out the tortoise shell array in the plain.
After being attacked by the enemy light cavalry, his flanking cavalry was besieged by the enemy heavy cavalry because of chasing the enemy, and was outnumbered. When his son was beheaded, the morale of the infantry in the regiment gradually declined. On the run, crassus was captured by the enemy because he negotiated peace easily. Then the enemy filled his mouth with molten gold as punishment and his head was cut off. After his death, the fragile alliance between Caesar and Pompeii broke out with the collapse of the Civil War.