Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 205 BC) - Family and Descendants

Family and Descendants

Licinius Crassus's wife is unknown, but he had a son living at his death, also named Publius Licinius Crassus, who organized magnificent funeral games in 183 BC. This son was paternal great-grandfather of the future triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus.

Descendants include:

Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Pontifex Maximus (d. 183 BC), consul 205 BC

1. Publius Licinius Crassus, fl. 183 BC, son of the Pontifex Maximus; who was father of

1.1. Marcus Licinius Crassus Agestalus

1.1.1. Marcus Licinius Crassus, praetor 107 BC

1.1.2. Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 97 BC), censor 89 BC (killed/died 87 BC)

1.1.2.1. Publius Licinius Crassus (killed ca. 90 BC in the Social War)

1.1.2.2. Lucius Licinius Crassus (killed 87 BC)

1.1.2.3. Marcus Licinius Crassus, triumvir (ca. 115 BC - 53 BC, killed by Parthians) md 1stly (ca. 86-80 BC) --------, his elder brother's widow, by whom issue; md 2ndly Terentia, daughter of Marcus Terentius Varro, consul 73 BC (himself patrilineal grandson of the consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus). Crassus's great-granddaughter was Caecilia Pilea, cousin and wife of Titus Pomponius Atticus and mother by him of Caecilia Attica, first wife of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (Augustus's second-in-command and eventual son-in-law); through their daughter Vipsania (first wife of Tiberius), several descendants, including Julius Caesar Drusus (only surviving son of Tiberius), survived into the first century AD. Vipsania had several other descendants by her second husband as well.

1.1.2.3.1. Publius Licinius Crassus (killed, or died by suicide 53 BC in war against Parthians) md 56/55 BC Cornelia Metella (herself great-granddaughter of Lucius Licinius Crassus), no issue.

1.1.2.3.2. Marcus Licinius Crassus, quaestor to Julius Caesar; he married Caecilia Metella Cretica, whose tomb is still visible on the Appian Way. She was daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. They had at least one son

1.1.2.3.2.1. Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC), the last Roman general outside the Imperial family to earn a Roman triumph and the spolia opima; it is unclear to what extent Augustus permitted these to be celebrated. He adopted a son from the Calpurnius Piso family.

1.1.2.3.2.1.1. (adoptive) Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 14 BC), born a Calpurnius Frugi. For more on this adoptive descendant, and his own descendants, see the Frugi family.

Other famous Licinii such as Lucius Licinius Crassus (consul 95 BC, censor, died 91 BC) and Licinia Crassa (wife successively of two consuls, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, and mother of Mucia Tertia) may be descendants. Crassus left many descendants in the female line, surviving into the first century AD.