Crassus' death, the Parthians poured molten gold into his mouth in symbolic mockery of his thirst for wealth. The account given in Plutarch's biography of Crassus also mentions that, during the feasting and revelry in the wedding ceremony of Artavazdes' sister to the Parthian king Orodes II's son and heir Pacorus in the Armenian capital of Artashat, Crassus' head was brought to Orodes II. Both kings were enjoying a performance of Euripides' Greek tragedy The Bacchae when a certain actor of the royal court, named Jason of Tralles, took the head and sang the following verses (also from the Bacchae): Crassus' head was thus used in place of a prop head representing Pentheus and carried by the character of Agave. Also according to Plutarch, a final mockery was made ridiculing the memory of Crassus, by dressing up a Roman prisoner, Caius Paccianus, who resembled him in appearance, in women's clothing, calling him "Crassus" and "imperator," and leading him in a spectacular show of a final, mock "triumphal procession," putting to ridiculous use the traditional symbols of Roman triumph and authority. Chronology 115 BC – Crassus is born in Rome, second of three sons of Publius Licinius Crassus (cos. 97 BC, cens. 89 BC); 97 BC – Father is consul of Rome; 87 BC – Crassus flees to Hispania from Marian forces; 84 BC – Joins Sulla against Marius; 82 BC – Commands the victorious right wing of Sulla's army at the Colline Gate, the decisive battle of the civil war, fought on Kalends of November; 78 BC – Sulla dies in the spring; 73 BC – Revolt of Spartacus, probable year Crassus was praetor (it's possible for him to have done so between 75 and 73 BC); 72 BC – Crassus is given special command of the war against Spartacus following the ignominious defeats of both consuls; 71 BC – Crassus destroys the remaining slave armies in the spring, and is elected consul in the summer; 70 BC – Consulship of Crassus and Pompey; 65 BC – Crassus is censor with Quintus Lutatius Catulus; 63 BC – Catiline conspiracy; 59 BC – First Triumvirate formed, with Caesar as consul; 56 BC – Conference at Lucca; 55 BC – Second consulship of Crassus and Pompey, with Crassus leaving for Syria in November; 54 BC – Campaign against the Parthians; 53 BC – Crassus dies in the Battle of Carrhae. Artistic representations