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almost 4 years ago - /u/GSG_Jacob - Direct link

Originally posted by Porotan

I have no idea about Denmark (where Ghost Ship Games is based) but in german there is the saying "as rich as crassus" when you talk about someone stupidly rich, so Crassus is the stereotypical name associated with money, not midas.

edit: TIL Crassus and Krösus are different persons that were filthy rich and had very similar names.

We do, and initially I thought that was the actual reference the guys came up with, but it turned out it’s a different guy with a very similar name. In Danish he’s called Krøsus.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesus