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Publius Licinius Crassus

d. 53 BCE · 1st century BCE

Publius Licinius Crassus was a son of the triumvir Marcus Crassus and a legate of Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. In 57 BCE he received the submission of the peoples of Armorica, and in 56 BCE he conquered Aquitania, defeating the Sotiates and a large coalition of Aquitanian tribes. He was killed with his father at Carrhae in 53 BCE.

Mentioned in 11 state histories

ElusatesUnelliRedonesBigerrionesVasatesCoriosolitesEsuviiTarbelliSotiatesOsismiiAusci

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