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Crassus
Roman general and triumvir who died fighting the Parthians.
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Crassus shows up with force in XVIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as a Roman commander who campaigned against the Parthians with infantry, though he was ultimately outwitted and killed.
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In XVIII: Cited as a Roman commander who campaigned against the Parthians with infantry, though he was ultimately outwitted and killed. Later, in XII: His army was ruined because his soldiers were deceived by the…
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