Caesar became the governor of Spain in 61 BC after Crassus had helped pay his creditors after some financial issues. Military actions in Spain helped further restore Caesar's financial security. ... Caesar secured Spain and then fought Pompey in Greece, defeating him at Pharsalus. ...
From his early, he was very enthusiastic to learn the art of war and his quick wits helped him to master the various skills of military strategies. ... In 60 BCE, he headed the first triumvirate - a loose coalition with Spain, Pompey and Crassus. With the help of them, he became very powerful in Rome and the surrounding areas. ... Pompey fled to Greece and Caesar, in three months, Caesar became the master of Italy, Spain, and the key port Massalia. ...
His leadership helped Rome become a prosperous civilization. ... Upon his return, he helped the government and helped to advance the position of Pompey, the head of the popular party. Caesar was made military tribune before 70 B.C. and was quaestor in Farther Spain in 69 B.C., he helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East. ... His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in Rome. ... His campaigns helped Rome grow larger in size and in power. ...
This political stability increased the prosperity and pride of the ruling classes as well as the military, and helped reinforce the general belief in Augustus as a symbol of the Roman peoples" favor in the eyes of the gods. ... Julius Caesar's seeming disregard for Roman tradition, as well as its constitution, helped Augustus" cosmetic reinstitution of some of these constitutional boundaries appear more substantive than they really were. ... His largest road building projects seem to be in the provinces of Spain and Asia Minor which were important sources of grain, wine, lead, and g...
It also controlled Sicily and Southern Spain. In Sicily, the city of Messana felt menaced by Syracuse and sent envoys to Rome asking for help. Rome agreed to help Messana even though it had a signed a treaty with Carthage stating that it would not interfere in Sicilian affairs. ... The terms were that "Carthage formally surrendered Spain, and all other dependencies outside the home district of Africa. ...
Brutus did not deserve his final fate, which was committing suicide with the help of his slave, because all his actions were done for the better of Rome and its people who were now attacking him. ... To show Brutus how weak Caesar is he gives Brutus a number of different examples including when Caesar became very ill in Spain and acted like a sick girl. ...
Julius Caesar, who had no legitimate son of his own, liked Octavian, and helped prepare him for a political career. ... Octavian served under Julius Caesar in the Spanish expedition. ... Under him, the Roman army completed the conquest of Spain, Switzerland, Asia Minor, and a large portion the Balkans. ...
This helped them gain more power, land and resources and helped them get more men into the army. ... These kinds of rewards helped Rome's military to grow in numbers, which in turned helped, the Empire to grow. ... His main goal was to help restore the republic and help in establishing "Pax Romana" or the peace of Rome. Augustus help in trading things by the sea and by roads(lecture notes). ... He also helped bring peace and protection to Rome and its surrounding counties that were under Roman rule like Spain and Gallic by creating this "Iron Ring" (Perry, 130). ...
The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). These places helped spread many aspects of Roman life. ... He helped nourish the poor and lower class by providing them with a bigger supply of food. ... He issued laws that helped lower adultery and influenced the upper class to provide more offspring. ...
Being a writer also helped Caesar conquer his goal of controlling Rome. ... The reason this helped him was because the people in Rome only heard of his successes even if they were failures. ... Through 69-68 BC, he served as quaetorship to further the province of Spain. ...
Fixing this price would help small farmers keep their heads above water and keep grain prices from rising so high that the poor could not afford to feed themselves. ... Caesar was made military tribune and was quaestor in Spain. He helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East. ...
