regulating the distribution of subsidized grain.Caesar began making several drastic reforms to benefit Rome’s lower- and middle-class, including:
he was made dictator of Rome for ten years, outraging his political opponents and setting the stage for the eventual end of the Roman Republic.
JULIUS IN GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR SERIES
During the subsequent Gallic Wars, Caesar conducted a series of brilliant campaigns to conquer and stabilize the region, earning a reputation as a formidable and ruthless military leader.Ĭaesar spent the next few years wiping out his enemies and what remained of Pompey’s supporters in the Middle East, Africa and Spain. Caesar in GaulĬaesar was appointed governor of the vast region of Gaul (north-central Europe) in 58 B.C., where he commanded a large army.
They were right, and the triumvirate soon controlled Rome. The union terrified the Roman Senate who knew that a partnership between three such powerful men would prove unstoppable. A series of successful military and political maneuvers, along with the support of Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus (known as the richest man in Rome), helped Caesar get elected as senior Roman consul in 59 B.C.Ĭaesar, Crassus and Pompey soon formed an informal alliance (strengthened by the marriage of Caesar’s daughter Julia to Pompey) known as the First Triumvirate. One year later, Caesar became governor of Spain. after a politician incited a major scandal by disguising himself as a woman and making his way into a sacred women’s festival hosted by Pompeia. Two years later, he was elected Pontifex Maximus.Ĭaesar divorced Pompeia in 62 B.C. In 65 B.C., Caesar became aedile - an important Roman magistrate - and produced lavish games in the Circus Maximus which endeared him to the public but threw him heavily into debt. In 67 B.C., he married Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sulla and relative of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), with whom he formed an important alliance. He became military tribune and then quaestor of a Roman province in 69 B.C., the same year his wife Cornelia died. Political RiseĬaesar soon began his political career in earnest. But Caesar hired a private fleet to hunt them down and had the pirates crucified for their crimes. Reportedly, Caesar acted more like a domineering leader with the pirates than their captive.Īfter his ransom was paid, the pirates let him go. In 75 B.C., as he crossed the Aegean Sea in route to Rhodes to study philosophy and oratory, murderous pirates captured Caesar. After Sulla’s death in 78 B.C., Caesar returned to Rome and became a successful prosecutor widely known for his oratory skills. His family intervened and convinced Sulla to spare Caesar’s life however, Sulla stripped Caesar of his inheritance.ĭespite the reprieve, Caesar left Rome, joined the army and earned the prestigious Civic Crown for his courage at the Siege of Mytilene in 80 B.C. In 82 B.C., Sulla won the civil war and ordered Caesar to divorce Cornelia.
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