HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Princeps Senatus, Optimates
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Gaius marius, consul, 107-100 bce: was consul for more than a year because of his military power. New army: drawn from landless men city men, long term service, loyalty to commanders (not rome) Lucius cornelius sulla: the independent tribunate and independent military command bring down the republic, marius tried to overthrow while sulla was gone, and sulla brought his army into. Rome and started killing people not allowed!! Caesar: public speaking, networking skills, (cid:862)the brai(cid:374)s(cid:863) Po(cid:373)pey (cid:862)the great(cid:863: enormous military prestige, but not much else, (cid:862)the bra(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) Crassus: (cid:862)ri(cid:272)hest (cid:373)a(cid:374) i(cid:374) ro(cid:373)e(cid:863, also the biggest wannabe, (cid:862)the mo(cid:374)ey(cid:863) With the backing of the triumvirate, caesar conquered gaul (modern day france: gallic wars: 58-49 bce, the war in gaul gave caesar a loyal experienced army that made him extremely wealthy. It also triggered optimate opposition: crossing the rubicon: jan 10, 49 bce. Ci(cid:448)il war a(cid:374)d caesar"s triu(cid:373)ph: pompey flees east. Cleoparta"s (cid:271)ro/ husband kills pompey to impress caesar.
