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Letter: As rich as Crassus
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Sir: The study of classics may be in decline, but it would be
encouraging if journalists got their classical references right.
Anne McElvoy ("Never underestimate a rich man's anger when forced to
resign", 9 August) confuses Croesus (king of Lydia in the mid-sixth
century BC) with Crassus, a Roman millionaire of the first century.
And the eastern empire against which he campaigned was the Parthian
one, not the Persian.
The parallels with Geoffrey Robinson are interesting. Crassus
stood ...
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