... give you a better understanding of how the ambitions of prominent men could lead to conflict and ultimately civil war Pompey was a military leader of the Roman Republic known as Pompey the great. In 66 B.C.E. he traveled and visited various cities in the East. He was nominated as commander in the Third ... because of the attention they receive from the people. 3. Letter to Cicero from his brother Quintus on how to campaign for an office in the later Republic a) Despite being a novus homo (a "new man"), what advantages does Cicero have at the outset when campaigning? From what groups can...

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The Roman Empire The Roman Republic developed into the Roman Empire as the struggle of power between factions in Rome effected the structure of the Republic. This struggle was resolved by the settlement of Augustus, bringing about a new age in Roman culture. After the Punic wars, many soldiers returning home to farm found their fields practically unworkable. Some moved to Rome to work as laborers and others ... BCE, the Senate had him killed and some 3,000 of his followers put to death without trial. Marius became consul in 107 BCE. He was a capable general and reinvented the Roman army using...

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In a classical sense, historians have classified the downfall of the Roman republic as being during the period 133-14AD or from the Grachii to Octavian. from the dissident rumblings from the trubunician Tiberius to the outright proclamtion of Marius as consul for consecutive terms, it seems clear that the movement from republic to monarchy was in full swing. However, ancient historian Gustaf Ferguson has ... ...

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... because his son, Sextus, raped a virtuous woman named Lucretia who subsequently committed suicide. This ended the Etruscan Monarch period and made way for the Roman Republic. The two Consuls that were elected were the chief magistrates of the Roman State. The Comitia Centuriata (Assembly of Centuries) elected the two Consuls from the already existing Senate. The role of the Consuls was to create ... ...

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... were all based around minor historical figures. This is not the case with Julius Caesar. The story of Caesar and his dramatic rise through Roman history is well known, which has further endeared both Elizabethan and modern audiences to this play. As his chief source in writing Julius ... They were overthrown in 510BC by Lucius Brutus, an ancestor of Marcus Brutus, who appears as a significant character in the play. A democratic republic was soon formed which lasted for five hundred years. It should be noted that the Romans were fiercely proud of their democratic traditions. Around 60BC ...

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... reputation with a victorious campaign against the Lusitanians. At 39 years old, he now was able to seek the Consulship, the highest and office in the Roman Republic. After many years of conquering lands he was named dictator for life in 44 B.C. Contributions Julius Caesar gave Rome many needed reforms. First he established ... the defender of the rights of the people. His opponents say he was a cruel politician, who forced his way to dictatorial power and destroyed the Roman republic. We know for sure that he was a gifted leader and speaker, and that he also was a skilled military leader...

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... danger and trouble for Julius Caesar. At this point in his life things were not going so well for him. While working on his education he married one of Roman's most important Professors daughter Cornelia who later gave birth to his only legitimate child, Julia. Soon after his marriage to Cornelia a new dictator was appointed by the ... rich man but he knew he had committed criminal acts in this war so he had to obtain office. He was later elected in the highest office of the Roman Republic as Consul of Rome. Most of his acts as consul were illegal but his opponents were afraid of him so ...

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... the people choose Caesar for their king,"" (I, 2, 79-80). He felt if Caesar were crowned king he would turn Rome into a dictatorship and take Rome's republic away from the people. Cassius' plot to gather a group of conspirators together and murder Caesar seemed perfect for Brutus. Cassius knew if the knew if the ... conspirators were backed by Brutus, they could win over Rome. Brutus was the only other Roman other than Caesar who shared power over the people. Cassius approached Brutus saying, "Yes, every man of them, and no man here but honors you,"" ... won the people of Rome over and d...

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Gaius Julius Caesar was a brilliant general, a great politician, and a powerful dictator of the Roman republic. He was born on July 17, 100 BC and he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC. Caesar's rise to power was not an ... made civil war there. Caesar made Cleopatra his mistress and also made her the queen of Egypt. Caesar led many campaigns in which he won victories all over the Roman empire. At one of these victories he used the famous words, "Veni, Vedi, Vicci", which meant, "I came, I saw, I conquered". Meanwhile, back in Rome ... , Caesar gained complete control of the Roman governmen...

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Julius Caesar is one of the best known politicians statesman, and generals in Roman history. He was the one person who brought about the effective end of the Republic. From a noble but poor Roman family, Caesar made was first a soldier. As a member of the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus, he was one of the most powerful men in Rome. He fought a great Civil ... consul of the Triumvirate. The definition of a Triumvirate is rule by three and Caesar formed this with two to other emperors; Pompey and Crassus. The Triumvirate was a big idea the Roman Empire and it continued beyond Caesar's...

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... in and look too anxious, that is why he refused the crown three times from Marc Antony. He was going about it in a roundabout way. The Romans had set up a republic government and the last king had been overthrown 450 years ago, but this did not stop Caesar's ambition in becoming king of the "free Romans". This was just unthinkable. Caesar ... godhead and he was formally consecrated and "divus Julius," or divine Julius. Octavius, whose name became Caesar Octavianus after his adoption by Caesar's will, solved, by his creation of the Roman principate, the constitutional problem that Caesar...

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