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of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created
a strong empire . What happened during his early political career? How did he become such a
strong dictator of the Roman Empire? What events led up to the making of the first triumvirate?
How did he rise over the other two in the triumvirate and why did he choose to take over? What
happened during his reign as dictator of Rome? What events led up to the assassination of
Caesar? What happened after he was killed? Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire
because of his strength and his strong war strategies.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in
Rome's transition from republic to empire. When he was young Caesar lived through one of the
most horrifying decades in the history of the city of Rome. The city was assaulted twice and
captured by Roman armies, first in 87 BC by the leaders of the populares, his uncle Marius and
Cinna. Cinna was killed the year that Caesar had married Cinna's daughter Cornelia. The second
attack upon the city was carried our by Marius' enemy Sulla, leader of the
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senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal power, wealth, and prestige,
kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies.
Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla
would only allow him to leave on that condition.
Caesar had secured for five years the governorship of three provinces. Mark Antony was his major supporter and he helped convince the others to allow
Caesar to have these abilities, but it led to some problems. The provinces were
Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum . Caesar also
obtained honors to increase his prestige. Caesar decided to make two
short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. When Crassus was
killed and agreement was made.
Before leaving Rome to govern Further Spain for a year, Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia
because of the allegation that she had been implicated in the offense of Publius Clodius.
A group of conspirators had been formed against Caesar because they felt that he had too much
power and that if he became the king of Rome he would become corrupt and use his powers to
create a bad society. The month of July was
named after Caesar and his statue was placed in the temple of Quirinus.
Pompey was avenged, as well as Bibulus and Cato. Pompey and Crassus were
consuls in 70 BC and had rescinded the most offensively reactionary measures of Sulla's
legislation. Crassus
sought a revision of the contract for collecting taxes in the province of Asia.
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