CLST 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aedui, Helvetii, Arverni

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 340
• Professor: Bernard Kavanagh

Document Summary

Caesar only child was julia who was married to pompey (4th wife) This was in first year of triumvirate. Caesar went to gaul after his consulship and was governor of these places but spent most of that time in proper gaul (58-54) Helvetii were hoping to become chief tribe of the gauls. They requested the right to move from switzerland to caesars province then the middle of gaul. They asked for caesars permission but he said no. Crassus (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to add ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373) of parthia. Left for parthia in 53 for war but lost greatly. And only one officer survived which was g. cassius longinus. In 55 julia died from a miscarriage, which ends the blood link to caesar: which puts pompey by himself in rome, caesar is still in gail. By 53 it became evident to caesar that the people of gaul were about to revolt: aedui (pro roman) and avreni (250,000, averni leader vercingetorix attacked caesar.