Marcus Crassus
historical figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
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On Moral Ends
Powerful Roman figure cited as an example of someone who could act unjustly with impunity.
But imagine a man not only cunning in doing some wicked thing, but also very powerful, as Marcus Crassus was — who yet was wont to use his advantage well, as our Pompeius does today, to whom thanks are owed for acting rightly;
But this did not happen in that Marcus Crassus, whom Lucilius says laughed but once in his life, that on that account he was called less 'unlaughing,' as the same man says.
Tusculan Disputations
Roman statesman noted for his great fortune, used as example in the logical dispute about death.
— You do not say, then, "Marcus Crassus is wretched," but only "wretched Marcus Crassus"?
— That, for example's sake, Marcus Crassus is wretched, who lost that great fortune by his death;
Marcus Crassus was somewhat deaf, but there was another more troublesome thing — that he heard ill of himself, even if, as it seemed to me, unjustly.
The Rights of War and Peace
Roman statesman criticized for keeping part of an inheritance obtained by fraud.
Having explained in the preceding part the nature and rights of property, it remains for us to consider the obligation which we incur from thence.