Fall of the Roman Republic - Crassus (1 Viewer)

[aeraw]

Our class has been asked to prepare an essay that evaluates the political and military career of Crassus. So far, I haven't been able to find many sources, my major one at the moment is Plutarch's "Life of Crassus". It's pretty difficult to read through because the translation is pretty poor in parts so progress is slow. Has anyone else made <any> notes on Crassus or can they point me to some more modern and ancient sources?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[mr_speedy]

use scullard

 

[da_butterfree]

i m doing the same thing.. but on caesar!! havent started yetr..
any ideas??

 

[Paroissien]

There would be a wealth on information on Caesar, right?

 

[classics_chic]

Plutarch is very good, Suetonius writes a little about him from memory. With Crassus you need to extrapolate all you can from the little that you have.

 

[silvermoon]

surely there'd be too much stuff on Caesar, but Crassus - damn, ur teacher must hate u all! he's got a cool evil sounding name though...Crassus that is...i recommend scullard.

 

[AsyLum]

Appian - The civil wars
Plutarch - fall of the roman republic ( life of crassus )
Scullard - from the gracchi to nero
you could try some Cicero speeches and basically anything with caesar or pompey and the "triumvirate" ( note remember not to just called them The Triumvirate, as they were never of any officiality ) The most important part about searching for sources is to learn that most information comes from indirect sources, ie those which focuses upon another person, rather than just relying on ones with big "CRASSUS" headings.

If you need anymore help dont hesitate to contact me via email/pm/msn as i did the fall of the roman republic last semester in uni

 

[aeraw]

i completed and handed in the crassus essay a month or so ago, but thanks for all your help
if anyone is still stuck with the essay i can send you mine, although im not sure how good it is as we still havent got it back

 

[AsyLum]

hehe oops

only just saw this thread today