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Source/Further reading:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html

https://www.britannica.com/science/talent-unit-of-weight

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2935785?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/11/09/biggus-buckus

https://www.britannica.com/event/Gladiatorial-War

https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/triumvir/first-triumvirate/

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-did-crassus-die-120886

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/crassus-romes-richest-man