Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman general and politician who lived from 115 BC to 53 BC. He served as consul twice and as governor of Roman Syria, and played a key role in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire as part of the First Triumvirate alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Crassus was considered the wealthiest man in Roman history and used his vast wealth to build political influence through loans to senators and ending a slave rebellion that threatened Rome. He died after being killed during a campaign against the Parthian Empire.