Post Exile Flashcards
Relationship with Pompey
pompey seemed prepared to work closely with him
named him his second self
Cicero first among his legati
Pompey’s hopes to increase his power
looking for the control of the Roman corn supplies (serious food shortage in Rome)
Cicero’s aid of Pompey
why it didn’t work
proposed a special commission would be given to Pompey for the Roman corn supply
A tribune called Messius proposed another bill that Gave Pompey far greater powers that those suggested in Cicero’s bill
Clodius’s power
appointed Aedile for 56Bc
Problems for the Triumvirate
Pompey and Crassus were openly quarreling
Cicero’s attempts to force a breach in the TRiumvirate
attacked one of Caesar’s bills in the senate to force a breach between Caesar and Pompey
Conference at Luca
56BC
the Triumvirate and 120 supporting senators met at Luca
Outcome of the conference at Luca for Crassus and Pompey
Pompey and Crassus were to be Consuls for 55BC (enabling them to have military careers after their year)
Outcome of the conference at Luca for Caesar
Caesar had his command in Gaul renewed for a further five years (there had been talk in the senate about recalling him)
Outcome of the conference at Luca for Cicero
told to stop opposing the Triumvirate
end of his importance as a political force
Cicero shows support for the Triumvirate after Luca
wrote something (possibly a public letter) where he outlined his new position, one of support for all that Pompey and even the other two might do HIS PALINODE
Cicero’s Palinode
a withdrawal of his previous views. and a statement of his new ones
“I shall make sure that I win the affection of those who are in power”
What Cicero occupied himself with after Luca
produced some major works on oratory and the state
had to defend friends of Caesar and Crassus (previous bitter enemies)
“I turn back to the kind of life I most enjoy, books and studying”
55BC (pompey and Crassus)
Pompey and Crassus were mainly concerned with their Provinces (spain, Syria)
end of 55BC (Pompey and Crassus)
Crassus set of for the east
Pompey stayed in Italy looking after the corn supply
was not allowed into the city of Rome, could keep his troops under arms