Crassus, ancient Rome's most powerful man - who'd be worth £12 billion today
Crassus was famous for putting down the slave revolt - led by Spartacus - with jaw-dropping brutality; he was reputedly the richest man in Rome.
Peter Stothard Harry Sidebottom Oneworld Stanley Kubrick Laurence Olivier Julius Caesar Marcus Licinius Crassus
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