apparently rules a tribe of Amazons in the same province, Pannae). In this film, he is killed by a young girl whose family he killed. Television Crassus is a principal character in the 2004 TV film Spartacus, played by actor Angus Macfadyen. Crassus appears in a 3rd season episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, where he is beheaded in the Colosseum. He is portrayed by Simon Merrells in Spartacus: War of the Damned as the main antagonist. Unlike in Alfred Duggan's novel, he is portrayed as a brilliant military tactician. Crassus was also mentioned in the fifth series of Horrible Histories, with a song dedicated to his life parodying Dizzie Rascal's Bonkers sung by Simon Farnaby. Crassus appears in the second season of the Netflix original series Roman Empire. Music Crassus, along with Palene, is one of the two narrators in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus. He is played by Anthony Hopkins. Video games Crassus appears as one of the villains in Spartan: Total Warrior. Crassus makes an appearance as a Great Merchant in Sid Meier's Civilization V and Sid Meier's Civilization VI. Crassus appears as one of the hero centurions in some of the campaign missions in Praetorians. He would later be killed in the campaign mission depicting the battle of Carrhae. Crassus is referenced in Deep Rock Galactic, as an enemy called the Glyphid Crassus Detonator. Upon death, this enemy produces a large explosion, coating all nearby surfaces with gold that players can harvest. Crassus appears as a patron for the player to receive objectives from in Grand Ages: Rome, including stopping Spartacus' slave revolt. See also List of wealthiest historical figures Notes References Primary sources Dio Cassius Book 40, Stanza 26 Modern works Bivar, A.D.H. (1983). "The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids," in The Cambridge History of Iran (Vol 3:1), 21–99. Edited by Ehsan Yarshater. London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, and Sydney: Cambridge University Press. . Ward, Allen Mason: Marcus Crassus and the Late Roman Republic (University of Missouri Press, 1977) Twyman, Briggs L: critical review of Marshall 1976 and Ward 1977, Classical Philology 74 (1979), 356–61 Sampson, Gareth C: The defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae & the invasion of the east (Pen & Sword Books, 2008) . Marcus Licinius Crassus Lang, David Marshall: Armenia: cradle of civilization (Allen & Unwin, 1970) Further reading External links Crassus entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H.