Talk:Cassius Longinus/@comment-36277500-20190403201717

Cassius' inefficient and greedy commander is based on real person, Marcus Licinius Crassus, better known for defeating Spartacus - it may be added to Trivia.

However... For the first, the whole "drinking gold" affair was done after his death in battle (Crassus might be cruel and greedy, but brave). For the second, it may be just a legend, because many historians, who describe his life and death faithfully (including his cruelty and greed), didn't notice such atrocity.