Spartacus nearly managed to reach Crassus before being cut down by centurions.

就在斯巴达克斯几乎冲到克拉苏面前时，他被百人砍中倒下。

Crassus won the war, but it is not his legacy which echoes through the centuries.

克拉苏获得战争的胜利，但传颂几个世纪的传奇故事的主人公并不是他。

In order to win, Caesar needed financial help, which he got from Crassus, one of Rome’s richest men.

为获胜， 凯撒需要经济上的帮助，他从罗马最富有的人之一克拉苏那里得到帮助。

His excuse for this breach of the mos maiorum was his planned campaign against the Parthian Empire, finishing the job that Crassus had so ineptly begun.

他允许这些违背社会惯例的行为是他征战帕提亚帝国的计划的一部分，他想要完成克拉苏毫无策略地开始的事业。

While he was away, Crassus died in battle with the Parthians and Pompey, who had become Caesar’s rival and enemy, was elected Consul.

在他离开期间， 克拉苏在与帕提亚人的战斗中，成为凯撒的对手和敌人的庞培被选为执政官。

During the first century BCE, three  mighty Roman men had a complete stranglehold over Roman politics: Pompey  Magnus, Marcus Crassus, and Julius Caesar.

在公元前一世纪，三位强大的罗马人完全控制罗马政治：庞培马格努斯、马库斯克拉苏和朱利叶斯凯撒。

After Crassus died, Caesar and Pompey  would envelop Rome in civil war, with Caesar coming out on top – making  himself dictator for life in 44 BCE.

克拉苏死后， 凯撒和庞培将罗马卷入内战，凯撒独占鳌头——在公元前 44 年成为终身独裁者。

The arrangement Caesar made between Pompey, Crassus, and himself is best known now as the First Triumvirate, even though it was not a legal entity like the Second Triumvirate truly was.

凯撒在庞培，克拉苏，前三头同盟，和他自己之间做的这种安排被称为，尽管它不像后三头同盟一样是真正的法律实体。

Luther wrote " Why does not the pope, whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build the basilica of Saint Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers? "

“教皇的财富如今超越罗马首富（克拉苏），为何建设圣彼得教堂时不用自己的钱，却用贫穷信徒的钱呢？”

The wealth,   popularity and power concentrated on these men turned Rome into an effective oligarchy  in the 50s BC with the emergence of the First Triumvirate featuring Pompey and Caesar alongside  Marcus Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome.

随着庞培和凯撒与罗马最富有的人马库斯·克拉苏一起出现的第一三巨头的出现，这些人身上集中的财富、声望和权力使罗马在公元前 50 年代变成一个有效的寡头政治。