<Tr> <Td> John of Gaunt </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1340--1399 </Td> <Td> 101--110 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> For Classical Antiquity, even more than for the High Middle Ages, the definition of personal wealth becomes difficult to compare with the modern period; especially in the case of divine kings, where an entire empire might be considered the personal property of a deified emperor . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Lifetime </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Licinius Crassus </Td> <Td> c. 115 BC--53 BC </Td> <Td> Crassus inherited a fortune of 7 million sesterces after the death of his father in 87 BC . After several years of exile, Crassus was able to rebuild his family fortune by seizing the property of executed convicts for himself . Crassus also expanded his wealth by trading in slaves and by purchasing whole neighborhoods of Rome as they burned, for drastically less than market value . Crassus was known in Rome as Dives, meaning "The Rich". It is believed that Crassus expanded his personal fortune to 170 million sesterces, while Pliny the Elder surmised his fortune to be valued even higher, at 200 million sesterces . This would place Crassus's net worth equal to the total annual budget of the Roman treasury . <P> Crassus has often been listed among the "wealthiest individuals in history", although depending on the estimate of the "adjusted value" of a Roman sesterce, his net worth may also be placed in the range of US $200 million to US $20 billion . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Augustus Caesar </Td> <Td> 63 BC--19 August 14 AD </Td> <Td> Listed by Time Magazine with "$4.6 trillion" because he "personally owned all of Egypt". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croesus </Td> <Td> died c. 546 BC </Td> <Td> The name of Croesus, a historical king of Lydia, was proverbial for wealth already in antiquity; this is probably due to his being the first ruler to issue true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation and not necessarily for his personal wealth . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Lifetime </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr>

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