WEEK FIVE: Julius Caesar Flashcards
all about julius caesar
Cicero admired Pompey
- Cicero was the senator that spoke on behalf of Pompey given control over the pirates
- Cicero wanted to work with Pompey and be his mentor / PR person
Random thing to remember
You cannot enter rome as a soldier
Gaius Julius Caesar
- triumphs against all his rivals
- becomes dictator
- related to marius (sulla rival)
- family roots went back to greek gods
- was kidnapped by pirates once
- approached pompey and asked him to put aside his differences with crassus – making “The First Triumvirate”
The First Triumvirate
and what each man wanted
First Three Man Group - took control over the senate and voters
* Pompey: wanted recognition
* Crassus: wanted success in business’
* Caesar: wanted to be consul, and governor of GAUL for 5 years
End of the triumvirate
Pompey was married to Julius caesars daughter, when she died Pompey left and abandoned Caesar, and crassus unexpecdedly died – this was the end of the trio
Caesar in Gaul
Senate wanted Caesar recalled from Gaul because he didn’t have crassus and Pompey and he was “vulnerable”
- so pompey came to fight him - his soldiers gathered in greece, and the ultimate showdown happened in Pharsalus
Caesar VS Pompey
- caesar was outnumbered and his soldiers weak and starved (lived off of onion paste); crossed over to Greece to defeat Pompey
- Pompey refused to fight because it was an unfair fight, but they ended up fighting and caesar defeated Pompey
- Pompey fled to egypt
- Caesar forgave all of Pompey’s surviving soldiers (famously forgave these people multiple times)
Forgiveness of Caesar
CAESAR HAD IMMENSE FORGIVENESS , even when people would cross him over and over again and multiple times.
Death of Pompey in Egypt
- Caesar pursued him with an intent to forgive Pompey
- But the Egyptians killed Pompey and beheaded him to give to Caesar because they thought they would get a gift, but Caesar was not happy and he wept and said it was poor how they treated this great roman so he ended up killing all the Egyptians that killed Pompey.
Cleopatra
Egyptian Queen
- Became caesar’s lover after he overheard a dispute with her brother/husband
- Was brilliant, smart, driven, snuck in to see Caesar by rolling up in a carpet
- She was a remarkable human being and Caesar fell in love with her
July
named after julius caesar in his honour
things we still have today from caesar
you calculate ur own taxes and u give them to the govt
Rulings of Caesar
- citizens could choose to pray to caesar / temples built in his honour
- senators became scared he was gonna make himself king
Funny things about caesar
- in midst of colloseum games he would be writing poetry
- Dismissed his body guards at the end of his life because he “didn’t have energy left” to fight or just didn’t care if he was gonna die or not.
The Ides of March
March 15
- Assasination plot to kill Caesar on this day
- The one person they wanted on their side was caesars best friend: marcus brutus
- Killers planned it so Caesar would be killed right under famous statue
- Stabbed Caesar one by one
Marcus Brutus
Related to OG Brutus – the guy who ousted the last king of rome
- best friend to caesar
- agreed to help kill caesar under one condition: we ONLY kill Julius Caesar and not a massacre of caesars inner circle
Caesar’s famous last words
“est tu brutus?” – meaning: even you brutus? :(
when brutus stabbed caesar
