Marcus Crassus Trivia Questions

After defeating Spartacus in 71 BC, Crassus ordered the crucifixion of 6,000 captured slaves along the Appian Way from Capua to Rome as a warning.

True. Publius Crassus led a cavalry charge that was ambushed and killed; his severed head was used by the Parthians as a trophy.

Crassus never served under Caesar. He was a triumvir, not a subordinate. While Caesar invaded Britain in 55–54 BC, Crassus was campaigning in Parthia and died in 53 BC at Carrhae.

This is a fabricated quote; Crassus did say wealth meant power, but the specific army quote is unattributed and likely apocryphal.

True. Crassus used private fire-fighting slaves; he’d negotiate to buy the property cheap while it burned, then extinguish the flames.

Crassus died in the disastrous Roman defeat at Carrhae against the Parthians, ending his career as a member of the First Triumvirate.

Crassus commanded Roman forces, trapped Spartacus' army in southern Italy, and decisively defeated the rebellion in 71 BC, crucifying 6,000 survivors along the Appian Way.

Crassus, born c. 115 BC, was the oldest. The First Triumvirate formed in 60 BC, when he was about 55. He was roughly 9 years older than Pompey (b. 106 BC) and 15 years older than Caesar (b. 100 BC).