How Did Marcus Caesar Rise To Power

Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC into a wealthy patrician family, which claimed decent from Lulus son of a Trojan prince Aeneas. His father died when he was 15 years of age. He was also kidnapped by Sicilian pirates only to crucify his captors shortly after he began his military career. He was suspected but not convicted of involvement in the Catalina Conspiracy, which put him at odds with the dictator Luscious Cornelius Sulla who almost had him killed.
Cesar then left to join the army but because of his upbringing he did not become an enlisted foot soldier but rather a military assistant to a provincial governor. He was sent to Cilicia where he won praise for saving a young soldier’s life. His next assignment was in the army that went on to defeat Spartacus’ slave …show more content…
As Caesar continued this political partnership with Pompey he was also befriending a Roman general and politician named Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus proved very valuable to Caesar because he was the wealthiest man in Roman history so he not only provided political support but financial support as well. This partnership between the three was known as the First Triumvirate this alliance propelled Caesar into the power he wanted but not necessarily deserved. After that Caesar invaded Gaul creating a government there, making a bigger military presence that would later make him one of Rome’s all time greatest leaders. While he conquered Gaul he hired political agents to fill him in on all the current events in Rome. Pompey didn’t like Caesar all too much with his growing power and Crassus still didn’t care for Pompey after a long rivalry. In 56 BC they became allies again at a conference in Luca which granted Caesar another five-year rule, Crassus a five-year term in Syria and Pompey a five-year term in Spain. But after three years Crassus died in battle and Pompey revisited his disdain for