Publius Crassus
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In Roman literary sources, Publius Crassus may refer to several ancient Romans of the gens
Licinia
, including:
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
Licinia
Licinius
Licinius I , was Roman Emperor from 308 to 324. Co-author of the Edict of Milan that granted official toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire, for the majority of his reign he was the rival of Constantine I...
, including:
- Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 205 BC)Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 205 BC)Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Pontifex Maximus was consul in 205 BC with Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ; he was also Pontifex Maximus since 213 or 212 BC , and held several other important positions. Licinius Crassus is mentioned several times in Livy's Histories...
(d. 183 BC); first member of the family to become Pontifex Maximus and censor, and among the first to reach the consulship - Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC)Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC)Publius Licinius Crassus was Roman consul for year 171 BC, together with Gaius Cassius Longinus.He was the son of Gaius Licinius Varus, possibly related to the Gaius Licinius Varus who was consul in 236 BC and who was still alive in 219 BC...
, wealthy Roman and adoptive father of the following - Publius Licinius Crassus Dives MucianusPublius Licinius Crassus Dives MucianusPublius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus was the son by blood of Publius Mucius Scaevola, the consul of 175 BC, and brother of Publius Mucius Scaevola...
(consul 132 BC, Pontifex Maximus same year; kd 131 BC), first Pontifex Maximus to lead an army outside Italy - Publius Licinius Crassus DivesPublius Licinius Crassus DivesPublius Licinius Crassus Dives was a member of the respected and prominent Crassi branch of the plebeian gens Licinia as well as the father of the famed Marcus Licinius Crassus...
(consul 97 BC, censor 89 BC; d 87 BC), eldest son of Marcus Licinius Crassus, governor of Hispania Ulterior 96 BC-94 BC - Publius Licinius Crassus (son of triumvir)Publius Licinius Crassus (son of triumvir)Publius Licinius Crassus was one of two sons of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus and Tertulla. He belonged to the last generation of Roman nobiles who came of age and began a political career before the collapse of the Republic...
(d. 53 BC) eldest son of Marcus Licinius Crassus the triumvir, and grandson of the previous