Classical Civilisations 3 : Cicero and the First Triumvirate (simple) Flashcards
What did Caesar want?
Consulship
Province
Military command
Money
What did Pompey want?
Settlement of the East ratified
Land for veterans
What did Crassus want?
Rebate for the equites following Pompey’s eastern campaigns
What did Pompey’s support and Crassus’s money make happen?
Caesar consul in 59BCE
What does Caesar do once his is consul?
Passes legislation that brings the triumvirates what they want
Was cico invited to join?
Yes
What was Cicero’s answer to the the invitation to join? Why did he say this?
He refused to join
Because it went against Concordia Ordinum
What was the public perception of the triumvirate?
No one was saying anything in public even though most disagreed with it
Since Cicero was criticising the new order Caesar decided to get rid if him
What led to Cicero’s exile?
Execution of plotters (without trial)
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Enemy of Clodius (Bona Dea)
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Attack on triumvirate
What position does Clodius hold?
Tribune
What does Clodius do to get back at Cicero?
Creates a law attacking anyone who had out citizens to death without trial
E.g. Cicero executing plotters during the Catilinarian conspiracy without trial
Once Clodius passes the law what happens to Cicero?
He his exiled
His property is confiscated
His house is destroyed
When Cicero is in exile who does he write to?
Terentia
What does Cicero say in his letter?
“I have been an utter fool”
But he is sure that the Triumvirs will fall out
Who recalls Cicero?
Milo
From the advice of Pompey
When he is recalled, where is Caesar?
In Gaul
When Cicero is recalled who is on Cicero’s side?
Pompey and Milo
What is Pompey doing when Cicero is recalled
In charge of the corn supply
Cheap corn = support from the plebs
