Most of the topics of reading had to deal with four mean. Pompey‚ Crassus‚ Cicero‚ and Julius Caesar. Pompey used his military fame to move up in government while Crassus used his fortune to be moved up in government. Cicero had a great ability to rally people‚and in one case he stopped a war from occurring just by using his words. After Pompey beat the pirates with the help of Julius Caesar he got authority over the east side and won many wars that helped Rome gain territory. After this occurred
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Triumvirate. The First Triumvirate included Pompey the Great‚ and Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ along with Julius Caesar. (Balsdon 75) In seventy one BC Pompey the Great‚ who had earned his epithet in service under Sulla‚ returned to Rome‚ after having defeated the ever so popular general Sertorius in Spain. At the same time Pompey was returning to Rome‚ Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ a rich aristocrat‚ was restrained in Italy. (White 14) Pompey and Crassus ran for the position of consulship
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llegedly the descendent of Trojan prince Aeneas‚ Julius Caesar’s auspicious birth c. July 13‚ 100 B.C.‚ marked the beginning of a new chapter in Roman history. By 31‚ Caesar had fought in several wars and become involved in Roman politics. After several alliances‚ he became dictator of the Roman Empire. This led to a senatorial coup‚ and Caesar’s eventual assassination‚ on the Ides of March. Contents Synopsis Early Years Early Rule The Dictator Assassination Early Years A politically
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Around when Caesar was twenty Sulla the Ruler of Rome sent out men including General Pompey. During this entire ordeal‚ ceasar and his wife Cornelia were fearing for their lives and the lives of all the other Romans including Cornelia’s father‚ who was the arch enemy of Sulla. While caesar was trying to help Lucius Cornelius Cinna‚ who was his wife’s father‚ escape they were caught by Pompey‚ Ceasar told Cinna to leave on his horse FAST. After he got away Caesar tried to fight them off but he was
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The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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The following question is based on the accompanying documents (1 - 6). It is designed to test your ability to examine and interpret the meaning of the documents. Then you will write a final essay which uses important information from the documents you have analyzed. Directions: Write an introductory paragraph. Use specific details from at least four documents in Part A. You may include any other outside information that you have learned. Finish with a concluding
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Act 2 – Development/Rising Section 2.1 (Pop-up Pompey and the Pirates) The act opens with Pompey the pirate speaking Menas. Pompey is confident that he will have victory. He has won over many of Caesar’s men and believes Antony is still in Egypt with Cleopatra‚ until he receives news that Antony is returning to Rome which pushes back his confidence. ‘If the great gods be just‚ they shall assist/The deeds of justest men. ‘The people love me‚ and the sea is mine;/My powers are crescent‚ and my
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by the second. Caesar’s actions led to Pompey’s assassination. Even though Caesar did not physically kill Pompey‚ he chased him and made him flee.Caesar wanted to kill Pompey because he betrayed Caesar. Caesar gave Pompey his daughter’s‚Julia’s‚ hand in marriage.(Shakespeare‚ Julius Caesar) Pompey turned against Caesar and married the daughter of one of Caesar’s greatest enemies. Since Pompey was consul of Rome he wanted Caesar to give up pro-consulship and return to Rome where he will be tried for
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be used for his own political gain. Caesar’s most significant political coalition was ‘The First Triumvirate’‚ an unofficial alliance that constituted Pompey‚ Crassus and Caesar‚ formed in 60BC. Plutarch defines the alliance as the “most potent political force in Rome”. Ostensibly‚ the alliance was mutually beneficial Caesar’s allies‚ allowing Pompey to grant land to his veterans and achieve the “ratification of his acts in the provinces across the seas”; and Crassus hoped he might achieve “pre-eminence
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In 52 the Senate-house was burned to the ground and Pompey was declared sole consul. Relations between the former allies became increasingly strained and both began to gird for war. In late 50 Caesar’s agent at Rome‚ tribune Marcus Scribonius Curio‚ forced the senate to a vote requiring both he and Pompey to disarm‚ only 22 senators opposed but they were able to secure a tribune’s veto. In January of 49 one of the tribunes‚ Marcus
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