Sunday, January 20, 2013

Roman’s Richest Marcus Licinius Crassus


Considered as the wealthiest man in Roman history, and among the richest men in all history, Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of those who have interesting back-bone. His was described as clever, ambitious, and craved for power. If there was one thing he desire most, that was defeating Spartacus by his very own bare hands, else he would also love to the praises comes from thousands of armies. Crassus began his public career as a military commander under Lucius Cornelius Sulla during his civil war. Following Sulla's assumption of the dictatorship, Crassus amassed an enormous fortune through real estate speculation. Crassus rose to political prominence following his victory over the slave revolt led by Spartacus, sharing the Consulship with his rival Pompey the Great. He was the one who had build his family own fortune after was been confiscated during the Marian-Cinnan proscriptions. Rather than use his iron hand, he simply do his very own trickery game. 

In Spartacus: War of the Damned, we will see more of Marcus Licinius Crassus doing. We will witness how he have raises again and dominate thousands of armies to capture the rebels and most of all cut the head of Spartacus. British television actor Simon Merrells will portray his characters and whoops, I’ll leave the rest for your eyes in the premiere of Spartacus: War of the Damned Episode 1-Enemies of Rome which is the very first episode of this last and final installment of the series saga. 



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