to pay for lavish gladiatorial games.
             In 70 B.C.E. Caesar helped Pompey win his election for joint consulship with Crassus. With these two powerful allies Caesar quickly moved up the political latter. He held such offices as quaestor, aedile, and then finally in 63 B.C.E. praetor ("Ancient Rome"). His duties of praetor took him to Spain, where he found himself a talented military commander, and where he was able to amass enough money through tribute and booty to pay off all of his debts (Kamm 45).
             Not only was Spain important financially for Caesar, it carried with it a huge military importance. Caesar's first military campaign demonstrated his military ability and cemented his future as a military genius. "He did not have the strategic genius Alexander the Great...; instead, his success lay in his ability to appraise a situation realistically, to train his troops, and then to make the necessary logistical preparations" ("Ancient Rome"). His first battles occurred in the hills of Spain against three groups the Galaeci, the Lusitanians, and Cantabrians, who maintained their freedom in the hills and would raid settlements on a regular basis. Caesar took over two established legions of soldiers, and raised a third for the long and strenuous campaign that would shape the future of Caesar's life (Oman 307).
             "Caesar returned to Rome in 60 B.C.E. ..., joined forces with Crassus and Pompey in a three-way alliance known as the First Triumvirate" ("Caesar, Gaius Julius"). Now it seemed apparent that Caesar could meet higher goals, and an invasion of Gaul was now in order for Caesar. He was appointed governor of Roman Gaul in 58 B.C.E..
             Caesar moved on to Gaul with the intent of building an army and repairing his finances, all while keeping himself in political favor in Rome. Caesar had a few notable battles in Gaul, and by the end of summer of the year 57 B.C.E., the Romans ...