... subsequent paragraphs. Julius Caesar was born around the year 102 BC. When he was young, Caesar lived through one of the most horrifying decades in history for the city of Rome. During this decade the city was assaulted twice and captured by Roman armies. The first occurred in 87 BC by the ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to conduct the...

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... 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 ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to con...

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... 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 ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to con...

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... 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 ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to con...

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... 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 ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to con...

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... It could be said however, that the quote has symbolic significance, because by crossing the Rubicon Caesar is effectively brining a private army into Italy and thus brining civil war into Rome. Plutarch's overall view towards Caesar is positive, although this might be contrary to what is said in ... first hand account, Caesar would have surly tried to hide the fact, after he won, that he was indecisive about continuing on into Italy. Another fact to consider is that Plutarch, and most of our sources on Caesar wrote in the Julio Claudio period which extended almost ... Significance Not ...

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... republic and the empire was only really beginning. (Chloe Mulvihill) When he was young Caesar lived through one of the most horrifying Decades in the history of the city of Rome. The city had been captured and attacked twice even before Caesar was in his teens. When Caesar reached his early teens ... governorship of three provinces. The provinces were Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , and Illyricum. He left Rome and remained in Gaul until his invasion of Italy. He continued north of the Alps each summer and he would leave his army there in garrison each winter while he came south to c...

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... male had to dedicate two years to serving in it. This is a short time compared to the average that was spent. Later in Rome's history it is noted that the unemployment surged and many men stayed with the force to have an income. Another key to understanding the strength of the ... whose dictatorship was essential in Rome's shift 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 the vicious Roman army. On each occasion the massacre of political opponents was ...

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... down the Tiber River as babies. A big reason why Rome developed into It was in the middle of the Italian Peninsula in between the Alps and the Southern tip of Italy. It was also in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea which made it an excellent location for trade. Rome was built on several steep hills that were high enough to ... defend themselves from intruders. Around the Tiber river there was fertile soil Started out as a small community of Shepard's in central Italy and ended up being arguably the greatest empire in the history of mankind. During its peak it stretched The Jewish peop...

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... the Roman people, and especially those of the senate. Caesar's intentions were not at first to conquer Gaul, but rather Illyria, due to three of his legions being based in Italy. Caesars reason for starting the war was said to be a pre-emptive attack to the possible invasion by the Helvetti, whom he considered to be warlike and prone to violence ... a record of a large usage of slaves for labor as well as entertainment. Not only this, but he also never mentioned spoils of war or booty obtained by the army, which history shows, is a driving factor in an armies desire for victory. This le...

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... , the forms of government had gradually changed from Athenian democracy to Roman Republic, then to Roman Empire and end up with Byzantine Empire. The first governmental structure according to the history took place in Ancient Greece. Athens was the most important city-state of Greece, which became a first democratic state. The aristocratic oligarchy came to an end when Cleisthenes, an ... After overthrowing the Etruscan monarchs, Romans developed the Republican government by expanding their military. This enormous change in the political structure was not easy, it took the conquest of who...

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... each other for four years. In the meantime, Antony married a woman named Octavia and soon a daughter was born. Cleopatra also gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. When Antony left Italy to solve matters with the Parthians, he called for Cleopatra. He gave Cleopatra a lot of land that was very important to Egypt. It was important because it allowed Egypt to ... . The two servants followed her actions and died with her. Alexandria was still the capital of Egypt, but now it was a Roman province. (http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/History/cleo.html) Death by a snakebite supposedly se...

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