Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology

Chronology

• 114 (or 115) BC – Crassus born, second of three sons of Publius Licinius Crassus (cos.97, cens.89)
• 97 BC – Father is Consul of Rome
• 87 BC – Crassus flees to Hispania from Marian forces
• 84 BC – Joins Sulla against Marians
• 82 BC – Commanded the victorious right wing of Sulla's army at the Colline Gate, the decisive battle of the civil war, fought Kalends of November
• 78 BC – Sulla died in the spring
• 73 BC – Revolt of Spartacus, probable year Crassus was praetor (75, 74, 73 all possible)
• 72 BC – Crassus given special command of the war against Spartacus following the ignominious defeats of both consuls
• 71 BC – Crassus destroys the remaining slave armies in the spring, elected consul in the summer
• 70 BC – Consulship of Crassus and Pompey
• 65 BC – Crassus Censor with Quintus Lutatius Catulus
• 63 BC – Catiline Conspiracy
• 59 BC – First Triumvirate formed. Caesar is Consul
• 56 BC – Conference at Luca
• 55 BC – Second consulship of Crassus and Pompey. In November, Crassus leaves for Syria
• 54 BC – Campaign against the Parthians
• 53 BC – Crassus dies in the Battle of Carrhae