HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Tunxis Community College, Pater Patriae, Second Catilinarian Conspiracy
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Could kill people on the list and take their land. Decrease of power of tribunes and assemblies. Wants to take things back to the way things used to be. Wanted to give more benefits to the people. Turned to people that could actually help them because the government was not helping. Conflict between pompey and caesar consulship in 52 bce declares the die is cast . Pompey convinces senate of caesar"s possible prblems, and is given sole. Caesar crosses rubicon river with illegal private army, considered war; King ptolemy takes presents head as gift to caesar, and he is angered because. Kills ptolemy and alliances with wife cleopatra viii he wanted to kill pompey himself. Pompey dies in egypt from king ptolemy, takes head. Becomes a dictator and starts becoming monarch like. Redistributed land to war veterans and other allies (land won from the war) Assassinate caesar in 44 bce (body stabbed numerous times)
