CLST 201 Lecture : Wk06L0WK06L02cx
19 Feb 2013
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71-73 spartacus the slave war in italy. Gladiators escaped from the training school, collected roughly 70,000 followers. Crassus and pompey competed to subdue the revolt; each wanted to be the foremost man, Both pompey and crassus wanted consulship in 70: Crassus old enough, had already held praetorship, 2 year interval since last role. Pompey too young, 36; never held quaestor- or praetorship. Crassus and pompey, now allied, disbanded their forces and cooperated with each other. Completed the overthrow of the sullan constitution ironic, since they were both originally strong sullan supporters. Back in 75 consul g. cotta aurelian law overturned one of sulla"s reforms, tribunes can again hold higher magistracies. Also, jurors to be drawn equally from three groups: 1/3 senators, 1/3 equestrains, 1/3 tribunes of the treasury. Tribuni aerarii, tribunes of the treasury, wealth between 300,000-600,000 wealth similar to equitates, similarly represented the business side of society.
