CRASSUS, LUCIUS LICINIUS

CRASSUS, LUCIUS LICINIUS
   the greatest Roman orator of his day, became consul 55 B.C.; during his consulship a law was passed requiring all but citizens to leave Rome, an edict which provoked the Social War (140-91 B.C.).

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