Publius Canidius Crassus

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Publius Canidius Crassus (died 30 BC) was a Roman general and Antonius' lieutenant. He served under Lepidus in southern Gallia in 43 BC, and was henceforth allied with Antonius. He became suffect consul in 40 BC and then served as a commander in Armenia whence he invaded, in 36 BC, Iberia (Georgia), and forced its king Pharnabazus into alliance against Zober, king of Albania. Having subjugated the Iberians and Albanians, Crassus then joined Antonius’ campaign against Parthia. In the 31 BC Battle of Actium, he commanded Antonius’s land forces against Octavian. After Antonius’ defeat and flight to Egypt, Crassus deserted his army and went himself to Egypt where he was executed on Octavian’s order.^[1]