It seems that one cannot entirely exclude Marcus Licinius Crassus’s participation in the bribery perpetrated by Calvus ex Nanneianis (undoubtedly Caius Licinius Calvus) in favour of Claudius Pulcher, who later in the trial of 61 was named Clodius. Most importantly, the evidence of the collaboration between Crassus and Calvus in the preparation of the bribery can be shown by links between Crassus and Calvus’s father, Caius Licinius Macer, which go back to at least the first half of the 60’s. It is very improbable that Caius Licinius Calvus, a little known young man who lost his father at a very young age, could afford to provide money for the bribery. This could be afforded either by Clodius himself or a person (or people) that supported him and treated this action as an element of the contest with the Senate. They probably wanted to take part in this contest but not necessarily in an overt way. Marcus Licinius Crassus might have been such a person. Firstly, he was connected with Calvus who perpetrated the bribery and, secondly, he considered the conflict between the Senate and Clodius’s supporters to be a great opportunity for gaining his political objectives. In this contest he used not only his great wealth but also his patronage for some of iuventutis, not his own sons alone, but also other young people, including the sons of their clientes, e.g. Marcus Caelius Rufus or possibly Caius Licinius Calvus.