Fuere item ea tempestate qui crederent M. Licinium Crassum non ignarum eius consili fuisse; quia Cn. Pompeius invisus ipsi magnum exercitum ductabat, quoiusvis opes voluisse contra illius potentiam crescere, simul confisum, si coniuratio valuisset, facile apud illos principem se fore.
There were likewise at that time some who believed that Marcus Licinius Crassus was not unaware of the plot; that because Gaius Pompey, whom he detested, was in command of a large army, he was willing to see the strength of anyone at all grow in opposition to the power of his rival, being as the same time confident that if the conspiracy was successful, he would easily be the chief figure among them.
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