![]() ![]() DictatorshipĬaesar spent the next few years wiping out his enemies and what remained of Pompey’s supporters in the Middle East, Africa and Spain. The pair never married but their long-term affair produced a son, Ptolemy XV Caesar, known as Caesarion. Caesar became her lover and partnered with her to overthrow Ptolemy and make her ruler of Egypt. When Caesar entered Egypt, Ptolemy gifted him Pompey’s severed head.Ĭaesar soon found himself in the middle of a civil war between Ptolemy and his Egyptian co-regent Cleopatra. Hoping to prevent Caesar from invading Egypt, the child pharaoh Ptolemy VIII had Pompey killed on September 28, 48 B.C. Caesar and his armies pursued Pompey to Spain, Greece and, finally, Egypt. ![]() and Crassus in 53 B.C., Pompey aligned with Caesar’s opponents and ordered him to give up his army and return to Rome.Ĭaesar refused and, in a bold and decisive maneuver, directed his army to cross the Rubicon River into Italy, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of Pompey. After the deaths of Pompey’s wife (and Caesar’s daughter) Julia in 54 B.C. But his great successes in the region caused Pompey to resent him and complicated the already-strained relationship between Pompey and Crassus.Īs Caesar conquered Gaul, the political situation in Rome became increasingly volatile, with Pompey its lone consul. 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 built a bridge across the Rhine River into Germanic territories and crossed the English Channel into Britain. 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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