<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Lifetime </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Licinius Crassus </Td> <Td> c. 115 BC -- 53 BC </Td> <Td> Crassus inherited a fortune of 7 million sesterces after the death of his father in 87 BC . After several years of exile , Crassus was able to rebuild his family fortune by seizing the property of executed convicts for himself . Crassus also expanded his wealth by trading in slaves and by purchasing whole neighborhoods of Rome as they burned , for drastically less than market value . Crassus was known in Rome as Dives , meaning `` The Rich '' . It is believed that Crassus expanded his personal fortune to 170 million sesterces , while Pliny the Elder surmised his fortune to be valued even higher , at 200 million sesterces . This would place Crassus 's net worth equal to the total annual budget of the Roman treasury . <P> Crassus has often been listed among the `` wealthiest individuals in history '' , although depending on the estimate of the `` adjusted value '' of a Roman sesterce , his net worth may also be placed in the range of US $200 million to US $20 billion . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Augustus Caesar </Td> <Td> 63 BC -- 19 August 14 AD </Td> <Td> Listed by Time Magazine with `` $4.6 trillion '' because he `` personally owned all of Egypt '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croesus </Td> <Td> died c. 546 BC </Td> <Td> The name of Croesus , a historical king of Lydia , was proverbial for wealth already in antiquity ; this is probably due to his being the first ruler to issue true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation and not necessarily for his personal wealth . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Lifetime </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Licinius Crassus </Td> <Td> c. 115 BC -- 53 BC </Td> <Td> Crassus inherited a fortune of 7 million sesterces after the death of his father in 87 BC . After several years of exile , Crassus was able to rebuild his family fortune by seizing the property of executed convicts for himself . Crassus also expanded his wealth by trading in slaves and by purchasing whole neighborhoods of Rome as they burned , for drastically less than market value . Crassus was known in Rome as Dives , meaning `` The Rich '' . It is believed that Crassus expanded his personal fortune to 170 million sesterces , while Pliny the Elder surmised his fortune to be valued even higher , at 200 million sesterces . This would place Crassus 's net worth equal to the total annual budget of the Roman treasury . <P> Crassus has often been listed among the `` wealthiest individuals in history '' , although depending on the estimate of the `` adjusted value '' of a Roman sesterce , his net worth may also be placed in the range of US $200 million to US $20 billion . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Augustus Caesar </Td> <Td> 63 BC -- 19 August 14 AD </Td> <Td> Listed by Time Magazine with `` $4.6 trillion '' because he `` personally owned all of Egypt '' . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croesus </Td> <Td> died c. 546 BC </Td> <Td> The name of Croesus , a historical king of Lydia , was proverbial for wealth already in antiquity ; this is probably due to his being the first ruler to issue true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation and not necessarily for his personal wealth . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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