Was Crassus's fire brigade composed of slaves?
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Plutarch does say it, though you have to understand the context:
And besides this, observing how natural and familiar at Rome were such fatalities as the conflagration and collapse of buildings, owing to their being too massive and close together, he proceeded to buy slaves who were architects and builders. Then, when he had over five hundred of these, he would buy houses that were afire, and houses which adjoined those that were afire, and these their owners would let go at a trifling price owing to their fear and uncertainty.
This is the brigade people refer to when they talk about Crassus' men.
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