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Crassus

Marcus Licinius . ?115--53 bc, Roman general; member of the first triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey
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This is the story of Thracian king Spartacus who was taken captive by the Roman consul Crassus and was forced to kill a close friend in the gladiatorial ring.
The slave Spartacus (Douglas) is spared from a death sentence by the wily Batiatus (Ustinov), who trains the condemned man at his academy as a gladiator, to fight to the death for the entertainment of the rich and the powerful including Gracchus (Laughton) and his scheming successor Crassus (Olivier).
Imagine what might have happened if Pope Leo X and Martin Luther had worked harder to remain together in Christ rather than dismissing one another as a "wild boar" in the Lord's vineyard (Exsurge Domine, Leo X, 1520), or as "one whose wealth is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus," building St.
This paper provides the 1st records of Chilara taylori, Acanthonus armatus, Cherublemma emmelas, Bassozetus zenkevitchi, Spectrunculus crassus, Cataetyx rubrirostris, and Porogadus promelas in British Columbia.
To echo Martin Luther's Thesis 86 --Why does the pope, whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build the basilica of St.
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of salinity on the survival and growth of a freshwater mussel Unio crassus from a Mediterranean stream (Saricay Stream) in south-west Anatolia Turkey which has highly variable environmental conditions and a salinity gradient.
But this assurance did not last long, and in 54 BC the Roman general Crassus invaded Mesopotamia and heavy defeat was incurred at the Battle Carrhae.
The most capable orator within the above group, in Cicero's point of view, before himself was Lucius Licinius Crassus (140-91 BC).
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