Introduction to Greek and Roman History Lecture 17 Caesar and the first triumvirate.
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59 B.C.: Caesar’s consulship and the triumvirate
- Agrarian law to benefit Pompey’s veterans, Crassus and Pompey in the agrarian commission.- Caesar is granted a five-year command in Cisalpine Gaul, Illyria and Translapine Gaul.-Tax-farmers are granted a waiver of a portion of their leasing payment.
The empire before Caesar’s conquests
The empire after Caesar’s conquests
Denarius of Julius Caesar, 48-47 B.C.
R/ Head of a goddess wearing an oak leaf wreath on obverse (Clementia? Pietas?)
V/: Gallic military trophy holding an oval shield, Gallic trumpet (carnyx); there is an axe topped with an animal head on the right.Berlin, Pergamon Museum.
The triumvirate according to Cato Jr.A conspiracy for the division of the supreme power and the abolition of the constitutionPlutarch, Life of Cato the Younger, 41.2
52: Pompey’s consulship
-Lex pompeia de iure magistratuum: candidates for magistracies had to be present in Rome.
-Pompey’s command is extend for further five years
December 50 B.C.
-The Senate vote that both proconsuls, Caesar and Pompey should give up their provinces.-The consul Caius Marcellus grants Pompey power for the military defence of the state.