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If the owner agreed to sell the property, his men would put out the fire; if the owner refused, then they would simply let the structure burn to the ground. After buying many properties this way, he rebuilt them, and often leased the properties to their original owners or new tenants. Crassus befriended Licinia , a Vestal Virgin , whose valuable property he coveted.

Plutarch says "And yet, when he was further on in years, he was accused of criminal intimacy with Licinia, one of the vestal virgins, and Licinia was formally prosecuted by a certain Plotius. Now, Licinia was the owner of a pleasant villa in the suburbs, which Crassus wished to get at a low price, and it was for this reason that he was forever hovering about the woman and paying his court to her, until he fell under the abominable suspicion.

And, in a way, it was his avarice that absolved him from the charge of corrupting the vestal, and he was acquitted by the judges. But he did not let Licinia go until he had acquired her property. Despite his great wealth, Crassus is said to have avoided excess and luxury at home. Family meals were simple, and entertaining was generous but not ostentatious; Crassus chose his companions during leisure hours on the basis of personal friendship as well as political utility.

After rebuilding his fortune, Crassus' next concern was his political career. As a wealthy man in Rome, an adherent of Sulla, and a man who hailed from a line of consuls and praetors, Crassus' political future was apparently assured. His problem was that, despite his military successes, he was eclipsed by his contemporary Pompey the Great. Crassus' rivalry with Pompey and his envy of Pompey's triumph would influence his subsequent career.

Crassus was elected praetor in 73 BC and pursued the cursus honorum. During the Third Servile War , or Spartacus' revolt 73—71 BC , Crassus offered to equip, train, and lead new troops at his own expense, after several legions had been defeated and their commanders killed in battle. Crassus was sent into battle against Spartacus by the Senate.

At first, he had trouble both in anticipating Spartacus' moves and in inspiring his army to strengthen their morale. When a segment of his army fled from battle, abandoning their weapons, Crassus revived the ancient practice of decimation — i. Plutarch reports that "many things horrible and dreadful to see" occurred during the infliction of punishment, which was witnessed by the rest of Crassus' army.

Afterwards, when Spartacus retreated to the Bruttium peninsula in the southwest of Italy, [ 31 ] Crassus tried to pen up the slave armies by building a ditch and a rampart across the peninsula of Rhegium in Bruttium, "from sea to sea. On the night of a heavy snowstorm, they sneaked through Crassus' lines and made a bridge of dirt and tree branches over the ditch, thus escaping.

Some time later, when the Roman armies led by Pompey and Varro Lucullus were recalled to Italy in support of Crassus, Spartacus decided to fight rather than find himself and his followers trapped between three armies, two of them returning from overseas action. In this last battle, the battle of the Silarius river , Crassus gained a decisive victory, and captured six thousand slaves alive.

During the fighting, Spartacus attempted to personally kill Crassus, slaughtering his way toward the general's position, but he succeeded only in killing two of the centurions guarding Crassus. The six thousand captured slaves were crucified along the Via Appia by Crassus' orders. At his command, their bodies were not taken down afterwards, but remained rotting along Rome's principal route to the south.

This was intended as an object lesson to anyone especially slaves who might think of rebelling against Roman citizens and slave-owners. In Plutarch's account, Crassus "had written to the Senate that they must summon Lucullus from Thrace and Pompey from Spain, but he was sorry now that he had done so, and was eager to bring the war to an end before those generals came.

He knew that the success would be ascribed to the one who came up with assistance, and not to himself. Pompey had arrived from Hispania with his veterans and was sent to provide reinforcements. Crassus hurried to seek the final battle, which he won. Pompey arrived in time to deal with the disorganized and defeated fugitives, writing to the Senate that "indeed, Crassus had conquered the slaves, but that he himself had extirpated the war.

In Plutarch's account, Pompey was asked to stand for the consulship. Crassus wanted to become his colleague and asked Pompey for his assistance. As said in the Life of Crassus , "Pompey received his request gladly for he was desirous of having Crassus, in some way or other, always in debt to him for some favor , eagerly promoted his candidature, and finally said in a speech to the assembly that he should be no less grateful to them for the colleague than for the office which he desired.

They "differed on almost every measure, and by their contentiousness, rendered their consulship barren politically and without achievement. In Appian's account, when Crassus ended the rebellion, there was a contention over honors between him and Pompey. Neither men dismissed their armies, with both being candidates for the consulship.

Crassus had been praetor as the law of Sulla required. Pompey had been neither praetor nor quaestor, and was only 34 years old, but he had promised the plebeian tribunes to restore much of their power, that had been taken away by Sulla's constitutional reforms. Even when they were both chosen consuls, they did not dismiss their armies stationed near the city.

Pompey said that he was awaiting the return of Metellus for his Spanish triumph; Crassus said that Pompey ought to dismiss his army first. In the end, Crassus yielded first, offering Pompey his hand. During that decade, Crassus was Julius Caesar's patron in all but name, financing Caesar's successful election to become pontifex maximus. Caesar had formerly been the priest of Jupiter, or flamen dialis , but had been deprived of office by Sulla.

Crassus also supported Caesar's efforts to win command of military campaigns. This coalition would last until Crassus' death. In 55 BC, after the Triumvirate met at the Luca Conference in 56 BC, Crassus was again consul with Pompey, and a law was passed assigning the provinces of the two Hispanias and Syria to Pompey and Crassus, respectively, for five years.

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Toggle the table of contents. Earn Your Happy Ending : After going through one trauma after another throughout the season, she becomes one of the few surviving rebels in the end. Although sad about Spartacus dying, she accepts that he didn't love her. The Face : She's something of a go between for her husband and the citizens of Sinuessa by the time Spartacus arrives.

Even afterwards, she still tries to use diplomacy. Fallen Princess : Becomes this after the rebels take over her city. Fanservice Pack : She starts out quite modest and gradually becomes Ms. Fiery Redhead : Downplayed. Laeta is usually a refined and gentle Proper Lady , but she is quite strong-willed and capable of standing up for herself.

Fire-Forged Friends : She and Sibyl seem to become friends by the final scene, undoubtedly helped by how they escaped Sinuessa together. Foe Romance Subtext : She and Spartacus are on opposite sides of the war, but they have Ship Tease and Laeta can't help but admire him, acknowledging that he does what he does for the sake of his people, which she understands.

Late in the season, it moves beyond subtext and they become lovers. Friends with Benefits : She and Spartacus do become lovers, but it's implied they're merely fond of each other, and he dies expressing hope that he'll join his wife in the afterlife. Good Bad Girl : Downplayed. She expresses some attraction towards Spartacus despite being married and later sleeps with Spartacus, though this is only after her husband's death - given she's a Roman, having sex outside marriage would still be considered pretty shocking, especially considering it's Spartacus we're talking about.

She's never portrayed as a bad person for it. Heel—Face Turn : Though she was never evil in the first place, she goes over to the rebels after being sold off to the pirates. She is shown to fully support their cause by "The Dead and the Dying", chanting Crixus's name with the other rebels at his funeral. Heroic BSoD : Has one when she first ends up with the rebels , wallowing in misery and refusing to eat.

She eventually comes to terms with everything that's happened though and makes the most of her new situation. How They Treat the Help : Laeta treats her slaves kindly and expresses revulsion at mistreating them, saying it isn't surprising that some slaves choose to rebel if their masters are cruel to them. Sibyl says she wishes she had been her slave because she was nice to her.

Icy Blue Eyes : She has light blue eyes. However, she lacks most of the stereotypical traits that come with these, actually being quite a warm and friendly person. I Did What I Had to Do : When questioned on the fact that she cooperated with Spartacus, she replies that she did what was necessary to save as many people as possible. Improvised Weapon : She stabs Heracleo through the back of the throat with a hot poker the same poker he'd used to brand her arm.

When she kills Heracleo she's dressed in a gorgeous red gown , which she continues to wear whilst running around the rebel camp. Last Girl Wins : Subverted. Spartacus dies in the end, and there is little indication they were actually in love - or at the very least, Laeta loved Spartacus more than he loved her. Notably, as Spartacus is dying in her arms , he talks about how he is happy to finally see his dead wife again.

Let's Get Dangerous! She's also able to escape from Sinuessa on horseback and traverse mountains in a snowstorm despite being wounded by a spear. Previously, she risked her life to hide some of the surviving Romans to protect them from abuse from the rebels and sneaks food to them. Lust Object : Heracleo makes no secret of the fact he finds her attractive.

It gets taken to very disturbing levels when he takes her as a slave as payment for betraying the rebels, announcing his intention to turn her into his concubine, burning his initial into her arm and trying to force himself on her until Gannicus and Sibyl intervene. Made a Slave : Crassus condemns her to slavery to Heracleo in payment for his betraying the rebels, and as punishment for the aid she gave Spartacus.

Gannicus saves her though, possibly making her the only 'slave' in the series to have been branded but freed before she was properly enslaved. Mirror Character : To Spartacus, which she becomes increasingly aware of. Both of them are devoted to their people and will do whatever it takes to keep them safe. Both were also widowed, betrayed and Made a Slave.

Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal : Crassus selling her off as a slave to the Silician pirates is the catalyst for her supporting the rebels; initially she didn't have much choice about joining them, but by the end of the third season she clearly considers herself one of them after her own people screwed her over. Morality Pet : To Spartacus.

She reminds him not to be suspicious of Kore, pointing out that a spy for Crassus would hardly take the time to help a pregnant woman give birth. Neutral Female : Fairly well subverted. Being a high-class Roman she wasn't bred to fight, but she seizes the opportunity when she sees one and kills Heracleo with the poker he used to brand her.

Nice Girl : She's easily the nicest of the Roman characters; she tries to persuade her husband to help out the common folk and is disgusted by the elite treating their slaves with cruelty. At one point, Sibyl states she used to wish she was her slave because of kind she is to everyone. Noble Bigot : As compassionate as Laeta is, especially compared to other Roman noblewomen in the series like Iliythia and Lucretia , she still thinks slavery is okay, albeit she disagrees with treating them cruelly.

After she experiences first-hand what it's like to be a slave , she seems to change her opinion , coming to believe slavery is just bad in general. Then, she tries as hard as possible to keep the remaining Romans alive by cooperating with Spartacus, risking her life in the process, and also willingly cooperates with Crassus The Ojou : She's a Roman noble, not royalty, but is looked up to and revered as if she were; she is of the Proper Lady variant, being refined and polite, but not haughty.

Perfectly Arranged Marriage : She and her husband seem pretty happy together and she was distraught when he was killed. Her feelings towards him seem to cool significantly after she learns he was dealing with pirates behind her back. Regal Ringlets : Her hair is curly and she is a member of the Roman upper class. Riches to Rags : Happens to her when the rebels take over Sinuessa.

And then, just as it seems as though she's going to get her privileged life back, she gets forced even lower on the social rung by being Made a Slave. Seriously Scruffy : After the rebels take over Sinuessa and make her their prisoner, she spends much of the time wearing increasingly ragged clothes, with messy hair and a grimy face, reflecting her precarious situation.

When she's liberated, she is given a bath for the first time in a while and a make-over, restoring her to her previous well-groomed appearance at least until Crassus has her Made a Slave. Sex Slave : Very nearly becomes this to Heracleo, but is saved by Gannicus. She Cleans Up Nicely : In episode 6, she is bathed and clothed in status fitting clothes.

Both Caesar and Crassus who had only previously seen her dirty and in slave attire note how much better she looks. Ship Tease : With Spartacus. They seem to be attracted to each other when they first meet and quickly form a connection. They end up becoming lovers near the end of the season. She didn't have much of a choice, but it was the better of her poor options, and she becomes sympathetic to their cause.

Slave Brand : Heracleo uses a hot poker to burn a 'H' into her arm, after Crassus gives her as a slave to him. The Smart Girl : Being a wife of a Roman dignitary and trader has made her knowledgeable on many things. She's arguably instrumental in capturing Tiberius , as she's able to identify Pompey's symbol on his soldiers' armour. Spoiled Sweet : She was the highest ranking woman in Sinuessa, and treated all her slaves nicely, believing that showing people kindness is where loyalty came from.

Token Good Teammate : The kindest Roman elite in the entire series. She eventually becomes one of the rebels. True Blue Femininity : She initially wears blue a lot. She later switches it up for red. Unresolved Sexual Tension : With Spartacus: they do. What the Hell, Hero? To his credit, Spartacus seems to grant that she has a point. Tertulla Tertulla Katherine Kennard.

Tertulla is a wealthy Roman woman and the prestigious wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus. The couple had two sons; Tiberius and Publius. Alpha Bitch : Downplayed. She's actually pretty civil for a woman whose husband has been openly cheating on her for well over a decade. Played with in the sense that it's a loveless marriage. Given Kore's crucifixion in the finale, she technically wins and gets a husband who won't be having an affair anymore.

Hero of Another Story : She actually had an affair with Caesar in real life that her husband knew about and is rumoured to have encouraged it to strengthen their political alliance with him. Cicero also slandered her repeatedly, suggesting that both her children were fathered by a different man, since they resembled her friend Quintus Axius.

This is not the case in the show, since Tiberius clearly looks like his father. Historical Domain Character : She was indeed the wife of Marcus Crassus in real life, and she's actually the only female example of this in the show, aside from a mention of Caesar's wife Cornelia. Historical Villain Upgrade : Played with. From what little we know about the real Tertulla, her marriage with Marcus Crassus was a happy one, though she did have affairs with other men, including Caesar himself.

She's portrayed as an obstructive domina who's harsh to her slave, and Crassus has no love for her. But she's not that bad compared to some of the actual villains in the show. Ice Queen : She comes across as being quite aloof, even to her own children, and was irritated and unsympathetic when Kore became upset by Caesar's unwanted advances.

Though, in her defense, she probably knows that Kore is having an affair with her husband. Love Martyr : She seems very fond of Crassus and tries hard to earn his affection. Unfortunately for her, Crassus only has eyes for Kore, their slave, though he still treats her with respect. Meaningful Name : In real life anyway. Her name means 'the third daughter', and she had two older sisters that didn't survive to adulthood.

Put on a Bus : Possibly inverted. Her husband and eldest son were the ones who left Rome to fight Spartacus and company. She doesn't appear again after they leave. Rich Bitch : Comes across as one, though she's pretty civil compared to most of the other Rich Bitches on the show. In fact, Caesar complains that she never liked him, and Crassus retorts "have you ever given her reason to?

Metellus Metellus Colin Moy. Except in anger that you have failed to act. Metellus is a senator of Rome. He represents the Senate in his political affairs and quickly wishes to see an end to the rebellion. Sabinus Sabinus Aaron Jakubenko. Sabinus is a Roman soldier working for Marcus Licinius Crassus and a childhood friend of his son Tiberius.

They're merely said to be friends, but his death haunts Tiberius rather like The Lost Lenore. Anti-Villain : He's not a mean or cruel guy, and it was largely Sabinus that kept Tiberius from expressing his more sadistic tendencies. With his death, all bets are off. Canon Foreigner : Since Marcus Crassus's oldest son was too young to have served in the Third Servile War, Sabinus is a completely fictional character.

Death by Disfigurement : Was killed via Decimation. Face Death with Dignity : He pretty much tells Tiberius to beat him to death because those are his orders.

Tiberius crassus son of marcus crassus spartacus

Fan Disservice : We see him in nothing but a loincloth Tiberius : You do not deserve to be placed at risk among cowards. I will talk to my father and beg your removal from decimation. Sacrificial Lion : His death marks a real Gut Punch that signals a turning point in Tiberius's character. Satellite Character : As noted above, most of Sabinus' characterization is focused on his friendship with Tiberius.

For having relatively little screen time, his death is very important to the plot because of the psychological and emotional damage it does to Tiberius, molding him into the season's most violent and sadistic villain. Small Role, Big Impact : It's his death that sends Tiberius' morality off the deep end, directly affecting the rebellion and Rome itself as Tiberius rapes or kills some of the series' most important characters.

Too Good for This Sinful Earth : He's a Nice Guy who seems to be an honorable soldier, even insisting he take part in the decimation so as not to affect Tiberius's standing with his father, even though he was one of the few soldiers who didn't flee from battle. Of course he's the one who gets killed. Undying Loyalty : He and Tiberius have been friends since childhood, and so he is unflinchingly loyal to him.

Villainy-Free Villain : He's the closest thing we see to a heroic Roman soldier in the series, fighting alongside Tiberius and never killing any likable characters in battle. Granted he dies before he can do anything villainous, but it's implied he was a good person. While the rebels are celebrating after capturing another town, Laeta and Spartacus become closer.

Tiberius, fearing being exposed, rapes Caesar with the aid of his men. Crixus and his followers defeat Rome's defences before being met by Crassus's troops. In the ensuing melee, Agron is wounded and Crixus and Caesar battle and Crixus is stabbed from behind by Tiberius. Crassus then orders Tiberius to decapitate him in front of Naevia as a message to the others.

Crixus's army has been completely wiped out. Crassus sends Naevia back to Spartacus's camp to inform him of Crixus's death. Agron is crucified by Caesar. Spartacus captures Tiberius with the indirect help of Caesar. A distressed Crassus sends Caesar to bargain with Spartacus to release Tiberius. Spartacus hosts gladiator games using Tiberius and a few captured Romans as the gladiators to honor Crixus.

In the final part of the games, Naevia battles Tiberius and defeats him with his own sword. Naevia spares Tiberius, however, when Spartacus reveals that Crassus and Caesar have offered the return of captured rebels in exchange for Tiberius. During the exchange, Caesar tells Tiberius that he intends to punish him for all of his injustices, but Kore stabs Tiberius from behind and kills him.

Caesar takes an opportunity to return Kore to Crassus in an attempt to appease him, and the captured rebels which include a wounded Agron are returned to Spartacus. Kore and Caesar return to Crassus where they inform him of Tiberius's death, but they do not reveal to him that his son's true killer was Kore. Spartacus tells his surviving rebels to prepare for a final stand in the names of all their friends and allies who have fallen along the way.

With discipline and morale among his followers breaking down, Spartacus turns his forces to face Crassus in a final and futile last stand against his legions, climaxing the slave revolt at the Battle of the Siler River. Prior to the battle, Spartacus meets privately with Crassus and the two come to a mutual understanding, but both agree to fight each other to the death on the battlefield.

Inadvertendly, Spartacus also reveals to Crassus that Kore killed Tiberius, not him. Spartacus gives a final speech to his remaining rebels, and Nasir creates a sword that will allow his lover Agron to fight despite the critical crucifixion wounds he sustained in the previous episode. In the beginning of the battle, Spartacus and the rebels manage to kill several Romans, but Lugo is struck by a flaming projectile, and he curses the Romans around him before he dies.

A Roman cavalryman kills Castus who dies without regret in Nasir and Agron's arms. Saxa is fatally wounded by several Romans and dies in Gannicus's arms after she kills the Romans who inflicted the wounds on her. Naevia and Caesar then battle, culminating in Caesar defeating her using Tiberius's sword, the same one used to behead Crixus. Caesar and Gannicus then have their battle.

Gannicus manages to wound Caesar in their fight, but is surrounded and captured by Caesar's soldiers before he can finish him off. Spartacus kills a group of Roman soldiers along with their commander before finally engaging Crassus in a brutal sword battle. Spartacus manages to defeat Crassus after the two exchange severe blows, but is mortally wounded by three Roman soldiers who appear behind him and impale him with spears.

Agron then arrives and kills the Romans who wounded Spartacus, then carries Spartacus away from the battlefield. Pompey arrives at the end of the battle and steals credit for defeating Spartacus. Gannicus and all of the rebel prisoners are crucified and he dies remembering his glory in the arena as the Champion of Capua. He also sees the spirit of Oenomaius, smiling as he awaits his old friend to join him in the afterlife.

Crassus is forced to have Kore crucified next to Gannicus as she was known to have joined the rebels, although he forgives her for killing his son. The victorious Crassus, Caesar and Pompey return to Rome in triumph where seeds of a power struggle between all three of them begin to take form along with the plans for the First Triumvirate.

Spartacus dies in Agron's arms after stating that despite losing the war, the greatest victory he has is to depart from this life a free man. In the final scene, Laeta, Sibyl and Nasir join Agron, one of the only remaining gladiators from the House of Batiatus and the only surviving rebel general , with the survivors of the defeated rebel army march on towards the Roman border to start a new life in the country beyond the mountains.

Spartacus, his true name having never been revealed, is buried in an unmarked grave which is marked by a shield with the fated Red Serpent upon it, fulfilling the prophecy his wife, Sura, made in the first episode. The series ends by showing the title character as portrayed by Andy Whitfield in the post-credits, covered in blood and standing victorious in the arena, proclaiming "I am Spartacus!

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