Plut. Crass. 14.4

Life of Crassus 14.4

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Crassus

14.4

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

4Now Pompey did all this from an unbounded love of power; but to that ancient infirmity of Crassus, his avarice, there was now added a fresh and ardent passion, in view of the glorious exploits of Caesar, for trophies and triumphs. In these alone he thought himself inferior to Caesar, but superior in everything else. And his passion gave him no rest nor peace until it ended in an inglorious death and public calamities.