consul. Relations between the former allies became increasingly strained and both began to gird for war. In late 50 Caesar’s agent at Rome‚ tribune Marcus Scribonius Curio‚ forced the senate to a vote requiring both he and Pompey to disarm‚ only 22 senators opposed but they were able to secure a tribune’s veto. In January of 49 one of the tribunes‚ Marcus Antonius‚ forced the consuls to read a letter from Caesar agreeing to the earlier disarmament proposal. The consuls‚ with the support of Pompey refused
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pressure was put on Caesar by himself to conquer Gaul. He was in deep political debt to Rome and its leaders‚ and he saw the conquest of Gaul to the best way to get out of debt and make a name for himself. Caesar making the first [1]Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey gained the power of the election and became consul for the year 59 B.C. During this year he was made‚ “Governor of Illyricum‚ or Dalmatia‚ and of Gaul‚ that is to say of Gallia Cisalpina” (Pg. 40)‚ this land is really known as a Province
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During ancient times‚ empires dominated the world‚ and it helped to have military prowess. Julius Caesar was considered to be a military genius. He was both a conqueror and a destroyer (roman-empire.net). He created what was‚ back in its time‚ the greatest empire known to man (ushistory.com). Caesar did many noble acts‚ however he was known for his ruthlessness (roman-empire.net). He established order in the Roman Empire‚ he relieved debt‚ he expanded Roman territory‚ however he also slaughtered
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Heroic cuirass has the reliefs indicating the repossession of Crassus standards taken by Parthians. Tiberius served as an intermediary with the King of Parthians‚ the event was shown in the armors central scene. On his breastplate‚ you can see gods celebrating the repossession of their standards from their enemy‚ Parthians
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Gaius Julius Caesar was one of the most important and well known Romian of all times. He was born in 100 BCE into a rich Patrician family. At the age of 16 his father Gaius Julius Caesar III died leaving him with his mother Aurelia Cotta. In Caesars 56 year he was alive he was able to accomplish a lot. He became a ruler of Rome and military leader. Caesar also had 3 children and over 5 wives. That most popular of which Cleopatra the Pharaoh of Egypt at the time. Later on he died on March 15‚ 44
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minds‚ and also is credited for laying the groundwork for the Roman Empire. Caesar‚ after getting involved in politics and the military‚ he successfully gained consulship in 60 B.C. therefore leading Rome with two other men; Pompey the Great and Crassus. Soon the Roman leader encountered trouble including civil wars‚ and an affair with Cleopatra‚ and was assassinated in 44 B.C. The conspiracy‚ his assassins‚ and the fates of those assassins were all very important in the Roman Empire at that time
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Roman Society in the 2nd and 1st century BCE. Analysis on the Servile Wars. A Thracian slave‚ unchained and fighting for freedom against the Romans suppressors. Many who have watched a movie or two will know exactly who we are talking about. Spartacus‚ leader of one of the most stirring wars Rome has ever faced. What a lot of people do not know is the reality behind it. Not known‚ for example‚ is that Spartacus followed in the footsteps of other people. Eunus and Salvius were also starting a
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Within the next decade‚ Sulla’s march on Rome would be repeated again and again as first Marcus Lepidus and then Pompey Magnus would march armies on the city of Rome in attempts to seize power. The Roman Republic would be rocked at is core by a slave revolt in 73 B.C.E. Led by a gladiator named Spartacus‚ some 70‚000 slaves and gladiators would
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Julius Caesar: Military and Political Strength Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting‚ his political manipulations which covered decades of cycles which covered power and loss of power‚ and his personal life which to have been played in the most melodramatic and theatrical manner. It is Caesar whose life‚ betrayal
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principles fundamentally opposed to monarchy was replaced by a system that was monarchical. Various occasions have been proposed as the fundamental catalysts of the revolution‚ although we find the breaking point set in 60BC when Pompey‚ Caesar and Crassus formed an unofficial compact which effectively dominated the operation
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