A former editor of The Times Literary Supplement argues that the trajectory of Rome’s richest man presents pertinent questions about the intertwining of money, ambition, and power.
Crassus: The First Tycoon
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Selections from the man who threatened to bite scoundrels; with the Greek on facing pages and an introduction. One of three niftily pocket-sized classical guides to life from Princeton.
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