Publius Canidius Crassus
Cleopatra VII in a different hand, with her statement "make it happen" (Greek: γινέσθωι, ginesthō)[1]
Publius Canidius Crassus (died 30 BC) was a
Pharnabazus into alliance against Zober, king of Albania. Having subjugated the Iberians and Albanians, Crassus then joined Antony's campaign against Parthia
.
In the
Cleopatra, to fight on land, where they would have had the advantage over those of Octavian.[2] [3] After Antony's defeat and flight to Egypt, Crassus was accused of deserting his army. He went to Egypt, where he was executed on Octavian's order.[4]
See also
- Canidia (gens)
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-536553-5
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Antony
- ^ Smith, W. (Ed.). (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (Vol.1, p.872). On the outbreak of the war many of Antony's friends advised him to remove Cleopatra from the army, but Crassus who was bribed by the queen, opposed this plan, and she accordingly accompanied her lover to the fatal war. Shortly afterwards, however, Crassus also advised Antony to send her back to Egypt, and to fight the decisive battle on the land and not on the sea. This time his advice was disregarded.
- ISBN 0-415-29162-3.
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