HISTORY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cleopatra, Ptolemy Xiii Theos Philopator, Roman Senate
27 Oct 2017
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Popularis voted general for victories in spain triumph; great religious ambitious roman aristocrat gloria glory. March 16th 2016: caesar, caesar wanted to stand for election to the consulship of 59bce. Wanted to go directly to the popular assembly in gaul 5 year term. Legal issue: after being masgitrated; and when you are phased out you revert back to being a citizen which means you can be charged and help for your actions during term as magistrate. End of seleucid monarchy in 63; turned syria into a roman province. Rome: only sees this as a great territory added to their empire wanted to go from governorship to consulship w/o a break abandoning friend to be the saviour of the state. Cleopatra caesar"s mistress left her pregnant and as the sole ruler of egypt: 46: caesar in africa, battle of thapsus, suicide of cato. Cato one of the commanders at thapsus trying to defeat caesar; remembered as someone who defends public virtue.
