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19 Cards in this Set
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Caesar was born
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75
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Captured by pirates; studies philosophy
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73
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Becomes member of college of priests, which controls state religious rituals
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69
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Serves as financial administrator in Further Spain
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68
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Suspected of conspiring to overthrow the Senate and establish Crassus as dictator (best friend)
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65
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Gains popularity by putting on combats with animals and gladiators
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63
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Elected pontifex maximums (head of state religion)
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61
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Serves as governor
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60
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Rules Rome with Crassus and Pompey in the First Triumvirate
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59
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Elected consul In a fixed election;marries Calpurnia; Julia (his daughter) marries Pompey
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58
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Invades Gaul where more than 200 Celtic tribes live
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57
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Nearly wipes out Nervii army that ambushes his forces in Gaul
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55
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Invades Germany to show the power of Rome; leads military expedition to Britain
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54
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Julia dies and tension forms between Caesar and Pompey;invades Britain again
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51
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Completes conquest of Gaul
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49
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Refuses Pompey's order to give up his army and begins civil war; appoints himself as dictator and ruler for life; after returning to Spain given the title "liberator"
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48
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Falls in love with Cleopatra; defeats Pompey's army (pardons Brutus and Cassius, who fought against him and appointed them to high office)
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45
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Defeats Pompey's two sons in Spain; becomes only ruler of the Roman Republic
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44
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Named dictator for life; assassinated
Antony forms the Second Triumvirate |
