Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus were two members of the 'First Triumvirate' in 60 BC. Who was the third?
Marcus Licinius Crassus (quaestor) Marcus Licinius Crassus (quaestor) Marcus Licinius Crassus (86 or 85 BC–ca. 49 BC) was a quaestor of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. He was the elder son of the Marcus Crassus who formed the political alliance known as the "First Triumvirate" with Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great") and Julius Caesar. His mother was Tertulla, the daughter of Marcus Varro Lucullus. Crassus and his younger son, Publius, died at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, after which time Marcus continued to be a partisan of Caesar. Marcus served under Caesar in the Gallic Wars, first as quaestor, then as
Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC) Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC) Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger, also known as Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (fl. 1st century BC), grandson of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus, was a Roman Consul in the year 30 BC along with Octavian (the future Roman Emperor Augustus). He was best known for his successful campaigns in Macedonia and Thrace in 29–27 BC, for which he was denied customary military honors by Octavian. Crassus was a Roman general, who fought first with Sextus Pompey and Mark Antony before defecting to Octavian. Octavian then appointed him as his colleague as consul for 30