Crassus the Elder, Marcus Licinius (115–53 BC)

Roman general who crushed the Spartacus Revolt in 71 BC and became consul in 70 BC. In 60 BC he joined with Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in the First Triumvirate and obtained a command in the east in 55 BC. Eager to gain his own reputation for military glory, he invaded Parthia (Mesopotamia and Persia), but was defeated by the Parthians at Carrhae, captured, and put to death.