Crassus and Pompey

At the height of his power, Crassus is estimated to have been worth between $170 and $180 billion in 2008 dollars. To say that Crassus was absolutely filthy stinking rich is an understatement. But he always carried with him something of an inferiority complex. In Rome and culture, wealth may have been looked upon with envy, but rarely with respect or admiration. His exploits during the battle of the Colleen Gate were always looked at sideways as they came during a civil war.