Crassus

Family: Roman · Role: commander · First appears: Book I, Chapter 8

Life events

• Crassus plundered Jerusalem's temple and later died with his army.(Book I, Chapter 8)
  • “He took away all the rest of the gold belonging to the temple of Jerusalem, in order to furnish himself for his expedition against the Parthians. He also took away the two thousand talents which Pompey had not touched; but when he had passed over Euphrates, he perished himself, and his army with him”

Book I, Chapter 8

• with Gabinius (Crassus succeeded Gabinius in Syria.) “In the mean time, Crassus came as successor to Gabinius in Syria.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.