Growth of Roman power
- villa culture develops
- split between rich and poor
- patrician built fancy country houses/some were in the bay of Naples
- subura is were the rest of the people lived
- in the 1st century the Romans patricians were very rich
- the houses on the bay showed how elegant the architecture and art was
- the Graccihi brothers were assasinated and was the fist political assasination in Rome
- optimares were the rich seniters
- the populares were concerned with the welfare of the people
- in 95 B.C. the states around rome revult againt the paricians called the social war
- Marius and Sulla put down the rebelian but they have there own standing armies
- Marius is in Rome and Sulla descides to march on Rome
- Marius defeats him and pushes Sulla out of Rome
- Julius Caesar was born in 100 B.C.
- Caesar become senetar
- men running for Consulship need suport from the parcician
- Julius goes to Rome and gets the vot from the plebians and he wins the senate
- The proconsul was the governor
- Caesar was sent to be governor of gaul (were the celtic tribes live)
- He conquers all of Gaul in 6 years
- Ceasar needs to come back to Rome and face a trial because he wasn't given permision to conquer Gaul
- he crosses Rubocome (river) and takes his troops to Rome
- The senetar use Pompey to try and fight off Caesar
- this begins a sevel war
- at pharsalus Creasar defeats Pompey's army
- Pompey is assasinated in Egypt
- great respect between Generals
- Caesar din't want Pompey to be decapitated
- Cleapatra is the last in the line of leaders who deseded from alexanders generals
- Caesar was declared dictator for life
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