curprev07:1307:13, 12 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 9,539 bytes−70 There is no evidence Marcus Crassus had a fire brigade. Plutarch only mentions that he employed slaves that were architects and builders to rebuilt burned down homes after he purchased them. No mention of putting out the fires. While this is a popular claim, without primary source it is mere speculation.undo
8 February 2023
curprev20:0220:02, 8 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 9,609 bytes−440 It is safe to remove the claim that Marcus Crassus had the first fire brigade as there is no suggestion in the primary sources that his slaves were firefighters. Can be restored if a secondary source can be found that makes a convincing argument without simply relying on the Plutarch passage.undo
2 February 2023
curprev21:4721:47, 2 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 10,049 bytes+122 The main primary source, Plutarch's the life of Crassus does not mention the slaves being a fire brigade. While this claim is popular and I am not sure from where it originates - it needs to be sourced and cited.undo
curprev21:4621:46, 2 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 9,927 bytes−61 Again, no primary source (Plutarch's the life of Crassus) indicates that Crassus sold the house back to the owner. In fact it actually says Crassus retained the property.undo
curprev21:4421:44, 2 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 9,988 bytes+123 B.A. Marshall's Political Biography makes this claim, however the primary source cited (Plutarch's the life of Crassus) does not. Plutarch does not mention Crassus putting out fires, or that the slaves were in anyway fire fighters. He only mentions them being being builders and architects to rebuild the burnt down structures. While there may be some assumptions a historian could make about these slaves and firefighting, this should be sourced.undo
curprev21:4021:40, 2 February 2023 L0ckz0rtalkcontribs 9,987 bytes+122 The idea that Crassus had a firefighting brigade seems to be misinformation perpetuated by Bruce A. MarshallCrassus_ A Political BiographyundoTag: Reverted
curprev21:0321:03, 20 December 2020 Ewf9h-bgtalkcontribs m4,285 bytes−15 Removed a section I accidentally left in. I used it to keep certain information I was going to put into the actual article later in a place so that way the draft would be more organized. I gave it a funny name.undoTag: Visual edit
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