74 - Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources

<p>What happened to Crassus' captured soldiers?  To his family?  What can we learn from his successes and his world-historic failure?  </p><p>ANNOUNCEMENT! Cost of Glory Men's Leadership Retreat in Rome - July 2024.  Reach out to alex@ancientlifecoach.com if you're interested.</p><p>Buy the books:</p><p>-<a href="https://amzn.to/47d9X3n">Penguin edition</a> of Plutarch including Life of Crassus<br> -Sallust's <a href="https://amzn.to/47CgULj">war with Catiline</a> <br>-Tom Holland's <a href="https://amzn.to/3QYEDQu">Rubicon</a><br>-Barry Strauss' book on <a href="https://amzn.to/3QZGJQ1">Spartacus</a><br>-Edward Watts's <a href="https://amzn.to/3QxS0FC">Mortal Republic</a><br>-Gareth Sampson, <a href="https://amzn.to/47lcRDC">"The Defeat of Rome"</a> on Parthian Expedition<br>-Peter Stothard, <a href="https://amzn.to/3MKB9yr">The First Tycoon</a> </p><p>See also Gruen, Last Generation of the Roman Republic; Ward, Crassus and the Late Roman Republic; Rawson, Crassorum Funera (in journal Latomus).</p><p>Pictured: Roman Soldier next to a Han noble, statue group in Liqian, China.  Photo: Natalie Behring</p>