Henry Hall, a 94-year-old British lighthouse keeper, died several days after fighting a fire at Rudyerd's Tower, during which molten lead from the roof fell down his throat. The son of George II of Great Britain and father of George III died of a pulmonary embolism, but was commonly claimed to have been killed by being struck by a cricket ball. However, it has been disputed as to whether this is how Crassus met his end. According to one story, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general and statesman, who was very greedy despite being called "the richest man in Rome," was executed in the same manner by the Parthians after they defeated him in the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, in symbolic mockery of his thirst for wealth. Aquillius was captured and brought to Mithridates, who in 88 BC had him executed by pouring molten gold down his throat. But Aquillius encouraged Nicomedes to raid part of Mithridates' territory, which started the First Mithridatic War. Manius Aquillius and Marcus Licinius CrassusĪquillius, a Roman consul during the late Roman Republic, was sent as ambassador to Asia Minor in 90 BC to restore Nicomedes IV of Bithynia to his kingdom after the latter was expelled by Mithridates VI of Pontus. According to 1 Maccabees 6:46, in battle, he thrust his spear into the belly of a king's war elephant, which collapsed and fell on top of Eleazar, killing him instantly. Eleazar Avaran was the brother of Judas Maccabeus.
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