People Flashcards
Ariovistus
Leader of the Germani
Defeated by Caesar in campaign
Aeneas
Son of Venus
Father of Iulus (related to Caesar)
Bibulus (M. Calpurnius Bibulus)
Co Consul with Caesar
Harassed, forced in home = NO POWER
Brutus (M. Iunius Brutus)
Descendant of the first Brutus
Leader if conspirators to kill Caesar
Friend if Caesar = Traitor
Caesar (C. Iulius Caesar)
Political leader
Supporter of the Poplulares
Caesarion
Son of Cleopatra and Caesar
Cassius (C. Cassius Longinus)
Other leader of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar
Cataline (L. Sergius Catalina)
Conspirator who lead a group of men to over throw Cicero/ Senate.
Executed under Cicero
Cicero (M. Tullius Cicero)
Political leader
Supported the optimates
Known for his books and writings on political science and speaking
Cleopatra
Appointed queen of Egypt by Caesar
Father of Caesars son
Clodius (P. Clodius Pulcher)
Rival of Cicero
Populares leader
Created law which exiled Cicero (saying that whomever had a man executed without a trial was to be exiled)
Clodia
Sister of Clodius
Lover of Catullus, whom he called Lesbia in his poems
Cornelia
First wife of Caesar
Daughter of Cinna (Populares leader)
Sulla demanded the two get divorced
Crassus (M. Licinius Crassus)
Wealthiest man in Rome
Part of the 1st Triumvirate
Germānī
Germanic tribe
Lead by Ariovistus
Defeated by Caesar
Helvetiī
Gaullic Tribe
1st tribe attacked in Caesars first campaign (defeated)
Julia
Daughter of Caesar and Cornelia (first wife)
Married to Popmey to solidify the 1st Triumvirate
Marc Antony (M. Antonius)
Caesar’s 2nd in command
Part of the 2nd Triumvirate
Marius (C. Marius)
Leader of the Populares in the civil war between Marius and Sulla
Octavian (C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus)
Adopted son of Caesar
Part of the 2nd Triumvirate
Pompeia
Granddaughter of Sulla
Caesars second wife (the cheater)
Pompey (Cn. Pompeius Magnus)
One of the strongest military leaders
Part of the 1st Triumvirate
Ptolemy XIII
Heir to the throne in Egypt
Caesar made Cleopatra queen instead because Ptolemys men killed Pompey
Publilia
Second wife of Cicero
Young and rich
Quickly married and divorced
Sulla (L. Cornelius Sulla)
Leader of the Optimates in the civil war between Marius and Sulla
Terentia
1st wife of Cicero
Vercingetorix
Leader of the joint forces of the Gaullic tribes
Defeated by Caesar at the battle of Alesia
Calpurnia
Third and final wife of Caesar
Dolabella
Man accused of extortion and bribery
Supporter if Sulla
Faced Caesar in his first trial
Caesar lost