Key Figures
Marcus Licinius Crassus – The Protagonist
Gaius Pompeius Magnus – Pompey, the Rival
Lucius Licinius Crassus – the Orator
Publius Licinius Crassus – Crassus’ father
Publius Licinius Crassus – Crassus’ Son
Publius Clodius Pulcher – The Playboy Mobster
Titus Annius Milo – Anti-Mobster
Marcus Tullius Cicero – The Mentor
Gaius Julius Caesar – The Triumvir
Marcus Porcius Cato – The Nemesis
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus – The Challenger
Ptolemy XII “Auletes” – The Piper King
Aulus Gabinius – Pompey’s Crony in Syria
Trebonius – Willing Tribune
Ateius (Capito) – Unwilling Tribune
Gaius Cassius Longinus – The Assassin
Octavius – The Junior Officer
Orodes II – King of Parthia
Mithradates IV – Parthian Usurper
Surena – the Parthian Commander at Carrhae
Key Places
Rome
Ravenna – City in Northern Italy (cisalpine Gaul)
Luca – City in Northern Italy (Etruria/Cisalpine Gaul)
Curia – The Senate house
Syria – Roman Province
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Seleucia
Babylon
Ctesiphon
Carrhae
Euphrates River