The first Tiumvirate Flashcards
What are the four instances of Pompey getting military power and when
-77BC he gets propraetorian imperium to defeat lepidus a general who rose against the sullan regime and wanted to be consul
-76-79BC he makes huge progress in his campaign in spain and gives the spanish citizenship
-75/74BC king of Bithynia gives his kingdom to rome, Mithradates is nearby and attacks pompey gets proconsular command again tot deal with it
-73BC Spartacus attacks with a force of 70,000 slaves, pompey and crassus get joint command and kill them all
What powers is Pompey given to deal with the pirates, when and why did it increase his popularity
-67BC
Lex Gabinia included:
imperium infinitum (military command of the Mediterranean
-did it in 3 months increasing his popularity
What powers did Pompey get to fight mithradates, when and what was the effect on his popularity
-66BC
-Lex manilia kept his Gabinia powers and gave him control over the whole eastern provinces
-senate approval highlighted there need for a military strong man
What are the three key quotes regarding pompey in ciceros speech
-“he fought more campaigns then other men had heard of”
-“not through campaigns but through triumphs”
-“no item within the sphere of military experience which can be beyond the knowledge of pompey”
What was Caesar doing from 80-78BC
-fled Rome after refusing to divorce his wife Cornelia
-under sulla he served in the east
-studied rhetoric at rhodes
-restored tribunal power and became military tribune
-quaestor in spain
-made pontifex
Who is cato the younger and what is his backstory?
-great grandson to cato the elder who was a philosopher
-opposed to the triumvirate and liked disipline
-linked to verism which was a style of portraiture linked to the elderly and being wise
-stoicism founded by zeno in greece and is also linked to him
How did Caesar deal with those who werent roman but part of the empire (4)
-in 49BC gave franchise to gaul and citizenship to lisbon and cadiz
-promoted overseas colonies to urban poor veternas like carthage and corinth, hispalis, tarraco, sinope, cinta
-lex julia municiplais gave uniform to local italian government giving them elected senates
-replaced Tithe taxation with fixed hand tax in sicily and Asia and let spaniards and gauls in the senate
what did caesar do for the plebs?
-replenished public treasury by extracting penalties from rebels and vassal kings striking the first gold coins
-extended and paved the forum (julian reform), planned a library, fixed city drainage, new road, canal in the isthmus
-reduced the number who got the corn dole and gave it to foreign colonies
-increased penalties for crimes
how did caesar annoy the senate (5)
-senate went to 900
-laws against luxury
-1/3 of estate labourers had to be freed men
-had equl equites and senators in court
-foreign stuff including having greeks do the Julian calendar
