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Crassus, Claudius

27. LICINIUS CRASSUS DIVES, of uncertain pedigree, was praetor in B. C. 59, when L. Vettius was accused before him of conspiracy against the life of Pompey. (Cic. Att. 2.24.2.) It has been conjectured that his praenomen was Publius, and that he was identical with No. 18.

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