Ben Kane
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The Ancients
Spartacus
And they would say, well, of course I'm not going to give you that.
The Ancients
Spartacus
And then he'd wait till he could get it at a knockdown price and then save the business.
The Ancients
Spartacus
that he was able to personally pay for six legions to be put into the field.
The Ancients
Spartacus
It was approximately a million denarii to support a legion for a year.
The Ancients
Spartacus
And later in his life, Crassus said, you're not rich unless you can pay for a legion.
The Ancients
Spartacus
So 30,000, nearly 30,000 men, 24 to 30,000 men in the field.
The Ancients
Spartacus
And he was given the four legions of the two consuls as well.
The Ancients
Spartacus
So he suddenly, over a period of months, obviously, but more or less suddenly had an army of 10 legions.
The Ancients
Spartacus
Because by now we're into sort of the summer, coming towards autumn of 71 BC.