Mike offers:
>(...Crassus made his fortune in ancient Rome as the owner
>of a fire company, he brought his pump and crew to the scene of a fire,
>and wouldn't even set his pump up until the owner of the building had
>paid him the negotiated price. Eventually he wound up owning most of Rome.
Is this historical, or are you just pulling our legs? I'm an aficionado of Roman history, but I haven't encountered this story about Crassus before. He doesn't seem to have been a businessman of any sort.
Dick