Original: 115 BC & ndash ; 53 BC ) was a Roman general and politician who commanded the left wing of Sulla 's army at the Battle of the Colline Gate , suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus and entered into the political alliance known as the First Triumvirate , with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar .
Simplified: Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives ( Latin : M LICINIVS P F P N CRASSVS ) ( c. 115 BC -- 53 BC ) was a Roman general and politician who won the Third Servile War against Spartacus and was member of the First Triumvirate , with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar .