The Rise and Fall of Crassus
The Ancients
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Krasas the First Tycoon
Krasas the first tycoon is somewhere he was just as influential maybe more so on more politicians for the future. He'd be invented all sorts of fire brigades, insurance and that's why he's a kind of modern figure because people were doing that right through medieval Europe long after there was no longer any Julius Caesar. That kind of financial political scalduggery was far more part of European life than I mean of course there were generals and there were people plundering around. Well, Peter has been absolutely brilliant and last but certainly not least, you are here because you have written a book all about Krasas and it is called? It's called the first ty
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