In his new province he defeated some rebellious tribes and was accorded a Triumph and he was later nominated to the office of Consul, one of the most important roles in Rome (60 AD). Caesar was later elected Pontifex Maximus (chief priest) of Rome and secured himself the governorship of a province in Spain. He also forged a political alliance with Crassus, one of Rome's richest men. He became very prominent in Rome because of his lavish expenditures. Caesar returned to Rome and became one of the leaders of the Marian party or popular party. Later after he was kidnapped by pirates he led a successful punitive expedition against them and was once again decorated for bravery. He decided to join the army and served in Asia Minor and was decorated for bravery. However, when Sulla recaptured Rome, Caesar was stripped of his wealth and his office. When Marius regained control of the city, Caesar married a leading politicians daughter and became the high priest of Jupiter. He went into hiding so he would not become another victim of the bloody proscriptions. After Sulla occupied Rome, Caesar was in danger because of his party. At this time, there was an ongoing bloody civil war between Marius and his Sulla, the head of the aristocratic or optimates party. These were aristocrats who had allied themselves with the poor.īy the time he was sixteen, he was the head of his family after the early death of his father. This encouraged the young Julius to become associated with the Marius's popular (populares) party in Rome. Through his aunt, he was related to Gaius Marius, the great general. We know very little about Caesar's childhood. Despite the decline of their family's reputation, his father did serve as a governor. However, by the time of Caesar’s birth, their fortunes had been in decline for many years. These were the key stages in Caesar’s career that allowed him to become the Emperor of Rome.Ĭaesar was born to a patrician Roman family that had once been very influential in the Republic. How did Caesar to rise to Emperor in the Roman Republic? There were three key reasons for the rise of Caesar: his role in the First Triumvirate, his conquest of Gaul and his victories during the Civil Wars. His ascent shifted the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. He is not only one of the greatest generals who ever lived, but he who destroyed the Roman Republic. His life and death are very well-known and still captivate people. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on Novemby mjh5805.Julius Caesar is one of the most famous leaders of the ancient world. The First Triumvirate however, was a short lived alliance, that was filled with many trials and tribulations on the way to its gradual demise and the eventual dictatorship for life of Gaius Julius Caesar. With Crassus’ immense wealth the three of these men would be virtually unstoppable. Crassus was the single most wealthiest Roman citizen at that time (Zoch 176). The final member of the Triumvirate was Marcus Licinius Crassus. The second member, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a successful military commander who served under Sulla and made his name in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire fighting the king of Pontus, Mithridates (Zoch 175). One of the members of the Triumvirate is Gaius Julius Caesar, a man of great power and great ambition (Zoch 176). This unofficial alliance between the most powerful Roman citizens left the Senate extremely nervous as to what these three could do when they all would work together with mutual interests. The so called “First Triumvirate” was never formally recognized by the Senate or the people of Rome as an actual alliance between these three men (Marin 113). The three of these men came together with the mutual interest of furthering their own growing agendas for political and economic superiority by combining all of their power under one unofficial banner. The First Triumvirate was an informal alliance between the single most powerful men in the roman world that lasted from the years 60 BCE to 53 BCE (Marin 113).
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