The Parthians ruled from 247 BCE to 224 CE creating a vast empire that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the east. https://www.worldhistory.org/Parthia_(Empire)/ #History #AncientPersianArtandArchitecture #Ctesiphon #MarcusLiciniusCrassus

Slavery was an ever-present feature of the Roman world. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/629/slavery-in-the-roman-world/ #History #Colosseum #Gladiator #MarcusLiciniusCrassus

The Vigiles (or cohortes vigilum) were formed during the reign of Augustus to act as ancient Rome's permanent firefighting service. https://www.worldhistory.org/Vigiles/ #History #Augustus #CohortesUrbanae #MarcusLiciniusCrassus

The Roman Republic was in death's throes. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/861/cicero--the-catiline-conspiracy/ #History #Cicero #FirstTriumvirate #MarcusLiciniusCrassus

Parthia had always been a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1764/legions-of-the-parthian-wars/ #LegioIAdiutrix #MarcusLiciniusCrassus #MarkAntony #History

@gedvondur C'mon man, don't you have any respect for tradition?

In Ancient Rome ...

Fires would be fought by filling buckets with water and then throwing them against fire. Firefighters could also use axes to destroy buildings in order to prevent them from catching fire.[1] Once a house caught fire, [Marcus Licinius] Crassus would send his slaves to fight the fire. Once they arrived at the house, they would only put out the fire if the owner of the house sold the building to Crassus. Crassus would then sell the house back to the original owner at a marked up price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_in_ancient_Rome

https://books.google.com/books?id=9rI6CgAAQBAJ&q=Firefighting+in+Ancient+Rome&pg=PA407

And yeah, that's the "Rich as Crassus" guy, FYI.

#Sarcasm #Firefighting #Libertarians #CommonWeal #AncientRome #MarcusLiciniusCrassus