How Not to Get Rich and Die Trying
Marcus Licinius Crassus was the Sam Zell of Ancient Rome…if Zell moonlighted as a real estate mogul with a morally sketchy fire brigade. Crassus was one-third of the powerful First Triumvirate, alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey. But unlike Caesar, whose power came from ambition and military genius, Crassus made his name and fortune in real estate. […]