How Rome’s richest man lost it all !
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When the wealthiest man in Rome gambled with fire and lost! Roman history's wealthiest man was Marcus Licinius Crassus. He was the first person to master catastrophe capitalism. He literally played with fire to make his bag! Crassus would appear with the cunning offer instead of buckets of water as the house across from him caught fire. He would make the distressed owners an offer to purchase the burning properties at rock-bottom prices . His own brigade of five hundred firefighters would put out the fire the instant the anxious owners signed the agreement. Those who dared resist would have to watch as their means of livelihood burned and crumpled. His "buy or burn" policy made him extremely wealthy. However, fate would punish him. Following his terrible demise at the hands of the Parthians, Crassus attempted to buy his way out of captivity. The offer offended the Parthians, who chose to have him put to death by sloshing molten gold down his throat as a symbol of his never-ending hunger for wealth. #marcus licinius crassus deathparthian empire#ancient history #roman empire #parthian wars #ancient rome #roman history #rome vs parthia #battle of carrhae