Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 97 BC)

Publius Licinius Crassus († 87 BC) was a Roman politician of the late Republic and father of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus.

He came from the well-known branch of the plebeian family of Licinius, the Licinii Crassi. He was about 102 BC and was aedile 97 BC Consul.

Probably more in this office he went as governor of the province of Hispania ulterior to Spain, where he remained as proconsul in the next few years and fought against the Lusitanians. On his return, 93 BC, he was given a triumph.

In the Social War, he served 90 BC under Julius Caesar as legate Lucius and suffered a defeat in Lucania, so he had to retire after Grumentum. The following year, 89 BC, he was with Caesar censor.

During the riots 87 BC he was consul Gnaeus Octavius ​​under the in the fight against Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna. After one of his sons had been killed by the military tribunes Gaius Flavius ​​Fimbria Populares, he took his own life (possibly died Crassus even before his son).