This three way consulship was called a Triumvirate (Internet Explorer). The alliance made it possible for them all to share power. Julius created an alliance among himself, Crassus, and Pompeius (Encarta 2000). Caesar noticed this and did something believed impossible.
However, the Senate tried to stop his efforts by pitting Crassus, Pompeius and Caesar against each other. Caesar was hoping that he and Crassus would become he powerful consuls of the Roman Empire. The consulate was a governmental position where two consuls, nominated each year, held the power of the state. Caesar wanted to become part of the consulate. Their opponent was Pompeius Magnus (the Great). After the death of his wife Cornelia, Julius remarried a wealthy wife and allied with Crassus, who was the richest man in Rome at the time (Internet Explorer). There he served as an officer in Crassus’s army against Spartacus, Caesar climbed steadily in the government by serving as an official in many provinces (Internet Explorer). After these years and Sulla’s resignation in 78 BC, Julius decided to return to Rome. In two years he proved his bravery and superior skills at arms. He became second in command of the province Asia (Turkey) (Lindsay Salo). This was the beginning of an astonishing military career. Caesar refused that order and left Rome to join the army (Lindsay Salo) (Comptons Encyclopedia). Caesar was not harmed but he was ordered by Sulla to divorce Cornelia. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Marius’s enemy and leader of the Optimates, was made dictator in 82 BC, he issued a list of enemies to be executed. Caesar’s marriage in 84 BC to Cornelia, the daughter of Marius’s associate was a political Match (Lindsay Salo). Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. His father belonged to the prestigious Julian clan (Internet Explorer) His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and opposed the Optimates (Comptons Encyclopedia). Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome, Italy (Encarta 2000). On January 16, 27 BCE the Senate gave him the new titles of Augustus and Princeps, effectively marking the end of the Roman Republic and the begining of the Roman Empire.In my opinion, no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as Julius Caesar does. Augustus Caesar worked to turn Roman public opinion against Antony, and after he obtained a copy of Antony's will that promised substantial lands to his children with Cleopatra, was able to convince the Roman Senate to revoke Antony's powers and declare war.Īfter the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra and the end of the civil war, Augustus Caeser worked to covertly consolidate power. Although Antony was married to Augustus' sister, he lived openly in Alexandria with Cleopatra. Togther they hunted down the assassinators of Julius Caesar and also oversaw the outlawing of 300 Roman senators.Īfter the Triumvirate's term expired in 33 BCE, Augustus Caesar and Mark Antony began to turn on each other.
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar formed the Second Triumvirate along with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later known as Augustus Caesar) was the great-nephew and adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar.
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