# Crassus — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Crassus in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Roman general and triumvir who died fighting the Parthians.

## In the story

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xviii)

Cited as a Roman commander who campaigned against the Parthians with infantry, though he was ultimately outwitted and killed.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xii)

His army was ruined because his soldiers were deceived by the Parthians' empty promises of peace, which blinded them to the necessity of defending themselves.

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