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Publius Canidius Crassus

d. 30 BCE · 1st century BCE

Publius Canidius Crassus was a Roman general and partisan of Mark Antony, suffect consul in 40 BCE. In 36 BCE he campaigned in the Caucasus against the Iberians and Albanians, forcing them into alliance before Antony's Parthian expedition. He commanded Antony's land army at the time of Actium in 31 BCE and was executed on Octavian's orders in 30 BCE.

Publius Canidius Crassus
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