The first ever Roman fire brigade was created by Crassus. Fires were almost a daily occurrence in Rome, and Crassus took advantage of the fact that Rome had no fire department, by creating his own brigade—500 men strong—which rushed to burning buildings at the first cry of alarm. Upon arriving at the scene, however, the firefighters did nothing while Crassus offered to buy the burning building from the distressed property owner, at a miserable price. If the owner agreed to sell the property, his men would put out the fire; if the owner refused, then they would simply let the structure burn to the ground. After buying many properties this way, he rebuilt them, and often leased the properties to their original owners or new tenants.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus
That’s pretty crass
And yet nobody made a song called fuck the firefighters.
I mean, the firefighters were slaves, so that’d be a bit unfair to blame them.
They most likely did at some point during that time
That’s pretty smart
Nahh, its just evil.
7 years old come up with plans like this during play.
I have empathy for the ’20s US GOP because I, too, once had the sadism of a seven-year-old at play.