Lucius Licinius Crassus

Lucius Licinius Crassus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 January 95 BC – 31 December 95 BC
Preceded byGaius Cassius Longinus
and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Succeeded byLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
and Gaius Coelius Caldus
Personal details
Born140 BC
Rome
DiedSeptember 91 BC (aged 48–49)
Political partyOptimates
SpouseMucia (daughter of Q. Mucius Scaevola Augur)
Children

Lucius Licinius Crassus (140 – September 91 BC) was a Roman orator and statesman who was a Roman consul and censor and who is also one of the main speakers in Cicero's dramatic dialogue on the art of oratory De Oratore,[1] set just before Crassus' death in 91 BC. He was considered the greatest orator of his day by his pupil Cicero.

  1. ^ The New Century Classical Handbook; Catherine Avery, editor; Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1962, p. 328:
    "Crassus, Lucius Licinius, Roman orator and statesman; born 140 B.C.; died 91... consul in 95... censor in 92 B.C. He is one of the chief speakers in Cicero's De Oratore"