12-15-2003, 02:12 PM
I doubt that Crassus ever set fires. They happened frequently enough without encouragement. Plus, arson was by far the most severe crime on theRoman books, and carried the most severe punishments (and the Romans had some lulus.) Had he been seriously suspected of arson, his political rivals would surely have used it against him. They accused him of everything else. <p></p><i></i>