Licinii Crassi
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The Licinii Crassi were a branch of the gens
Licinius
. Prominent members include:
Probably related to these Licinii Crassi:
Probably related to these Licinii Crassi:
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...
Licinius
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...
. Prominent members include:
- 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...
, consul in 205 BC - Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, son of the previous
- Marcus Licinius Crassus Agelastus, son of the previous
- Marcus Licinius Crassus, praetor in 107 BC, son of the previous
- Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 97 BC), consul in 97 BC, son of #3
- Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, d. 87 BC, son of the previous
- Publius Licinius Crassus, son of the previous
- Lucius (?) Licinius Crassus, son of #5
- Marcus Licinius CrassusMarcus Licinius CrassusMarcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman general and politician who commanded the right wing of Sulla's army at the Battle of the Colline Gate, suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus, provided political and financial support to Julius Caesar and entered into the political alliance known as the...
, triumvir, son of #5, married secondly Terentia, daughter of Marcus Varro Terentius Lucullus (born Marcus Licinius Lucullus). - Publius Licinius CrassusPublius 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), son of the previous, legate of Julius Caesar, married Cornelia Metella - Marcus Licinius Crassus, quaestor of Julius CaesarJulius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
, son of #9 - Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC), consul in 30 BC, son of the previous
- Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 14 BC)Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 14 BC)Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi , also known as Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives was the adoptive son of consul Marcus Licinius Crassus, the grandson of triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus...
, consul in 14 BC, son of the previous
Probably related to these Licinii Crassi:
- 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...
, consul in 171 BC, son of Gaius Licinius Varus - 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 131 BC, adopted son of the previous - Gaius Licinius Crassus (consul 168 BC), consul in 168 BC, brother of #1 ( the consul of 171 BC).
- Gaius Licinius Crassus, tribune of the plebs in 145 BC, son of the previous. In that year, he attempted to deprive the pontifical college of its right of co-optation (electing new pontiffs from among their own intimates), and to transfer the power of election to the people; however, his efforts were frustrated by the praetor LaeliusGaius Laelius SapiensGaius Laelius G.f. Sapiens , was a Roman statesman, best known for his friendship with the Roman general and statesman Scipio Aemilianus . He was consul of 140 BC, elected with the help of his friend, by then censor, after failing to be elected in 141 BC. Gaius Laelius G.f...
(later consul in 140 BC).http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Pontifex.html. His designs were eventually carried out in 104 BC by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, then tribuneTribuneTribune was a title shared by elected officials in the Roman Republic. Tribunes had the power to convene the Plebeian Council and to act as its president, which also gave them the right to propose legislation before it. They were sacrosanct, in the sense that any assault on their person was...
of the plebs.
Probably related to these Licinii Crassi:
- Lucius Licinius CrassusLucius Licinius CrassusLucius Licinius Crassus was a Roman consul. He was considered the greatest Roman orator of his day, by his pupil Cicero.He became consul in 95 BC. During his consulship a law was passed requiring all but citizens to leave Rome, an edict which provoked the Social War...
, consul in 95 BC, married Mucia - Lucius Licinius Crassus Scipio, maternal grandson and adopted son of the previous