... different political strategies. In addition, these leaders came to power and maintained their control in their own unique ways they were Agricola, Augustus, Julius Caesar, and the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. These men had a great respect from citizens because their agenda were full of problems of citizens ... Gaius was also assassinated, like his brother, by the senate. One final example of this was Julius Caesar. Caesar was a warlord and a dictator, but if one can look past that you also notice that Caesar did a lot of good for Rome. He made a series of rapid reforms in many a...

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... studied (367-347 BC) under Plato at the Academy and there wrote many dialogues that were praised for their eloquence. 7. POMPEY- 106 BC-48 BC, Roman general, the rival of Julius Caesar . Sometimes called Pompey the Great, he was the son of Cnaeus Pompeius Strabo (consul in 89 BC), a commander of equivocal reputation. The young Pompey fought for Sulla in Picenum, in ... soldiers on Rome. By 85 BC he had driven Mithradates' armies back to Asia; Sulla's exploits had included a bloody sack of Athens (86 BC). 9. SECOND TRIUMVIRATE-When Octavian (later Augustus ), Caesar's adopted son and hei...

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Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor. He ruled ancient Rome from AD 14 to AD 37. Tiberius ruled in succession to his stepfather Augustus. He continued the work of Augustus, ... ...

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... Britain. The army welcomed the challenge and relished the idea of victory in Britain, because a similar plan had failed during Caligula's reign. "The dream of conquering it was one of Julius Caesar's legacies (Levick, pg.139)." As a result, the honor and glory associated with the conquest of Britain was clear to the people of the empire. Claudius recognized this and took clear ... ...

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