Since I watched Spartacus I wondered if it was true... Did Crassus’s son really pump Julius Ceaser in the bung hole!?? That scene actually shocked me!!
No. The old queen (when he was still young) Gore Vidal wrote the initial draft for “Spartacus” and I think for “Ben Hur” as well.
Wait....
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The historic Crassus was immensely wealthy and greedy. But except for his defeat of Spartacus' "rabble" army he lacked the military chops to be considered on par with Scipio, Marius, or Caesar. So he set out to conquer the Parthian Empire (The Persians - rich beyond belief) and had his entire army wiped out. Story is for his greed he (or one of his sons) was executed by the Parthians by having molten gold poured down his throat.