![]() ![]() After that battle, Caesar warred in Egypt, consorted with Cleopatra, and finally returned to Rome as dictator.Ĭoncerning his Commentaries, in all probability Caesar wrote the accounts on the Gallic War in 52 and 51 B.C., meaning of course that they were published at a particularly opportune time. ![]() But the wily general defied the order and marched across the Rubicon (49 B.C.), and began a civil war that ended when he defeated Pompey on the plains of Parsalus (48 B.C.). The Senate then responded with an order (illegal) that Caesar must disband his army. Caesar agreed to do so, but only if Pompey would also give up his. And, to complicate the feud further, the Senate was afraid of Caesar it so feared Caesar, in fact, that it tried to persuade him to disband his army. Pompey was leader of the senatorial party, but Caesar was immensely popular with the populace. Also, Crassus was killed while fighting the Parthians (53 B.C.), and there remained only the violent rivalry between Caesar and Pompey. Pompey bad married Caesar's daughter, Julia, and after her death (53 B.C.), Caesar's relation-ship with Pompey was weakened considerably. During that time, however, the Triumvirate disintegrated. Among his positions, for example, were: Quaestor in Spain, where he settled both his own and Spain's financial problems (68 B.C.), Aedile (65 B.C.), Pontifex Maximus (63 B.C.), Praetor (62 B.C.), Governor of Further Spain (61 B.C.), member of the Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey (60 B.C.), Consul and Governor of Cisapline Gaul, Province, and Illyricum (59 B.C.), Dictator (for eleven days, 49 B.C.), Consul, Dictator, and Imperator for life, Consul for the next ten years, then Dictator and Praefectus Morum for life (45 B.C.).Īfter the formation of the Triumvirate, Caesar spent seven years, from 58 to 51 B.C. ![]() and assassinated March 15, 44 B.C., held almost every position of importance in the Roman government during his lifetime. ![]()
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