Triumvirate

the rise of Christianity. Julius Caesar has been proven to be the most influential individual because of everything he did. Julius Caesar was a Roman military general who joined forces with Crassus and Pompey, and together they formed the first Triumvirate. Caesar was a strong leader, as he had experience with being a military general. Eventually, he was named dictator for life, as an absolute ruler. He was important because he granted many Roman citizens their citizenship. He also changed the…

Julius Caesar... does that sound like a familiar name? Yes well most people have heard of this name before, but not how he affected the course of Roman history. Caesar was a well known politician in Roman society and has been debated if his leadership qualities have been good. He had a good upbringing in a poor family even though he was a noble, his influence on the Roman government, and how he attracted the people, all contributed to his outstanding attributes. Ultimately, these reasons…

Julius Caesar, by Phillip Freeman, is a very detailed and concise biography of the great statesman and general. The book begins by giving a brief description of Caesars early life. It notes how we do not know much about the early life of Caesar, because the beginning of Suetonius’s “Live of the Twelve Caesars” was destroyed. It begin to explain the origins of his name, and what his life may have been like as child. He comes from a patrician family, which claims decadence from Aeneas, and…

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was born on July 12th, 100 B.C.E. He was killed on March 15, 44 B.C.E., when he was 55 years old. He was born in Rome, the capital of Italy, to Gauis Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta. The Caesar family claimed a long and noble history. Julius Caesar’s father had gained moderate and political success as well. As a result, Caesar was entitled to certain traditional privileges and offices. Julius Caesar was a very ambitious dictator, at the height of the Roman…

The Roman Republic is traditionally dated from 509 BC to 27 BC, becoming established with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and was destroyed with the development of the Roman Empire. When considering the fall of the Roman Republic, it is clear that the reorganisation of the army, particularly through the actions of Marius, Sulla and Caesar, contributed greatly to the disempowerment of the Senate and therefore the Republic. Through the undoubtedly instrumental Marian reforms, the Roman social…

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…

In this book, “Julius Caesar”, many men like having power, and don’t want to lose that power to another man. The group decides to take their fate into their own hands, and not let him decide what will happen. Men and women all throughout the past have sacrificed their own lives, willing and preparing to die for what they believed. The assassination of Julius Caesar is blamed on the conspiracy by many roman senators. Conducted by Cassius, Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus. Cassius or the “man who…

democratization of the Roman Republic. These ideologies were opposing and would famously clash in the form of three men who would bring about the end of the Roman Republic. When Pompey returned to Rome, he started a alliance known as the First Triumvirate with Marcus Licinius Crassus and another big role in Roman politics, Gaius Julius Caesar. After earning military glory in Spain, Caesar returned to Rome in 59 B.C. From his alliance with Pompey and Crassus, beginning in 58 B.C.; Caesar…

My first interaction with the play Julius Caesar was part of my curriculum and entirely changed my stand on Shakespearean literature, while The Hunger Games is one of my favourite books. This is, what persuaded me, to find a common ground between the two books. The research question I have chosen has implications which gives us an interesting outlook on how literature and language to portray human psychology. The question is worth considering for it is living proof that human psychology has…

confusion and dilemma about fighting his own cousins, Bhagwan Krishna explains to Arjuna his duties as a warrior and prince and elaborates on different Vedantic concepts. This has led to the Gita being described as one of the prasthana traya, the triumvirate of the canons of Hindu Philosophy, the other two being Upnishads and the Brahma Sutras. Geeta stands supreme in its doctrines as the principles of religion were enunciated by God Himself. The answer to the question of “what physical…