Needless to say discipline tightened under Crassus. Still, knowing that many of Rome's best soldiers were outside Italy, he proceeded carefully when moving against Spartacus.

With Roman forces controlling the coastal roads, Spartacus was forced to cross the Aspromonte mountain. “That’s why Crassus built this fortification line here,” said Gennaro. Visonà told ...

He returned to Rome in 60 BC and, the following year, was elected consul, the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to ...

The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years, ... Pompey, and Crassus—grew so extraordinarily rich and influential that they began to ignore the constraints of the Senate and the law.

Researchers think the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus built the wall in an attempt to trap the rebels, according to the statement. Spartacus may have confronted the Romans at the wall, ...

With Roman forces controlling the coastal roads, Spartacus was forced to cross the Aspromonte mountain. “That’s why Crassus built this fortification line here,” said Gennaro. Visonà told ...