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Glory and Gold

Emperors of Rome by La Trobe University

May 29, 202533:51Society & Culture

Crassus had power, he had money, but he still felt something was missing. With an army and a province in the east, he sets off to win the glory he had always been denied Perhaps it lay in Parthia. Episode CCXLII (242) Pa...

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Glory and Gold is an episode from Emperors of Rome by La Trobe University. Crassus had power, he had money, but he still felt something was missing. With an army and a province in the east, he sets off to win the glory he had always been de...

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