HISTORY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Divi Filius, Saint Perpetuus, Calends
10 Apr 2013
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Trends from the late republic: increasingly weakedned senate, personal connection between commander and soldiers, veteran settlements, unprecedented aristocratic competition and conflict, marius, sulla, pompey (20 when he first commanded) Gallic wars, civil wars: julius caesar. 61: governor of further spain: 60: returns for triumph. 60: caesar also wishes to be consul: cato and optimates block him. Pompey: settle veterans, ratify eastern settlements. Crassus: help publicani recoup losses, wanted them to bail out his friends. The three men are frustrated with the senate so they form the power of three. Caesar becomes the consul, pompey has people, crassus has moey. M. calpurnius bibulus filibuster, auspices: bibulus confined to his house. If he ever came out of his house, pompey will dump shit on him (basically under house arrest for the reamiander of this console: bills pushed through. Pompey marries julia: julia- caesar"s only daughter.
