1. Roman Values: Rise and Fall of the Republic
... slaughter Gaius had one of his soldiers slice his throat. The violent deaths of these brothers produced a crisis in Roman politics. At that point the elite split up into two separate groups, the populares who supported "the common people and interest" and the optimates who supported "the best people." This is the beginning of which past social values started to implode ... . In 60 B.C.E Pompey joined the First Triumvirate with his most competitive rivals Caesar and Crassus because alone neither of them could defeat each other but together they would all have apiece of military and politi...
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