Describe the methods Julius Caesar used to advance his career up to 60BC. 10 marks Gaius Julius Caesar was born into a patrician, aristocratic family in 100BC and can be considered the most famous and well-known man of ancient Rome. His methods used to advance his career up to 60BC are often thought to be controversial and topics of debate. The hostility among both ancient and modern sources must be examined but also allow for the acknowledgement of Caesar’s accomplishments including his political office, public popularity and role as pontifex. Marian connections, political alliances and marriages all contributed to Caesar’s success up until 60BC.
Octavius had been born in Velitrae, a town a southeast of Rome, in 63B.C. His parents were rich and influential his mother was the daughter of Julius Caesar, sister named Julia, which brought him in to close tides with Rome. The young Octavius had been through a lot but this set him up for the things that he didn’t even know he was about to be in control of. So as time went on through the wars and as Julius got older he had on kids so he felt it was necessary to give the thrones heir to Octavius seeing that he was getting older as well. (Baker, 1998) Octavius did as he was commanded, spending his free time studying Greek literature and military strategy.
The Kennedy Curse “The history of the Kennedy family is one marked by tragedy, one stalked by death. ” This quote describes the Kennedy family as disasters have struck this family for years. The Kennedy curse is just a superstition but it might actually be true. As many people know John Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, JFK as president and Bobby as a future president. What most people don’t know is about the rest of his family .
After Julius Caesar was murdered, Augustus became his heir and raised an army to challenge Mark Antony who had taken control after Julius Caesars death. In 43 B.C. Antony was defeated and Augustus seized military power over Rome. For the following thirteen years Antony and Augustus had battles until 30 B.C. when Antony killed himself.
If Alexander was that great, why would his empire collapsed after his death? Does Alexander the Great deserve to be called ‘The Great’? Alexander was able to be a ruler because he was born in a rich and powerful family. His father was the King of Macedon. When he was 16 years old, his father employed the best mind of the time, Aristotle, to be Alexander’s tutor.
Octavian was in total control of Rome after Antony and Cleopatra both committed suicide. The first thing Octavian had to do before being able to make any changes in Rome was to restore order. He called himself, princeps, or first citizen carefully avoiding the title of emperor, so the new government was officially called the Principate. In 27 BC, the Senate gave Octavian the name Augustus as a title of honor. Augustus ruled for about 40 years bringing great change to the empire.
For her father that man had been Pompey. During the Roman civil war it was clear to her brother that Pompey was no longer the man to back and had him beheaded. Cleopatra was twenty-one and also in the same danger as Pompey. At the time of Pompey’s arrival, Cleopatra was in exile, fleeing for her life from her brother. As was tradition, Cleopatra and her brother were meant to rule jointly as
Armed with kitchen knives and skewers, a group (74 people) of gladiators broke out of their barracks (Capua Barracks). They believe he was from Thrace, and they were lead by Spartacus who wanted more than freedom for him and his party involved. After a succession of spectacular victories over the Roman army, his fame began to grow and local slaves flocked to join the run ways. It started off at 74 slaves, but grew to 60,000 by his decease which was (2 years of evading capture). The Roman army was defeated in humiliating ways by Spartacus, his leader was inspirational and his way to get out of the most impossible situations had the Roman army dumb founded.
By the time of Julius Caesar's dictatorship and subsequent assassination at the hands of the Senate, the Roman Republic was in a virtual free-fall of corruption and struggle for power. The Roman people were tired of the turmoil brought on by decades of war and needed a leader that could and would restore peace, order, and prosperity. Nonetheless, thirteen years of civil war followed Caesar's assassination and during this time Octavian, the grand-nephew and heir of Caesar, came into his sizable inheritance. He entered into a military-dictatorship (the Second Triumvirate) of Rome with supporters of his late great-uncle, was given a senate seat, and was elected consul and granted imperium, all before the age of twenty. Before he was 32 years
They would lead until Caesar had enough military experience out of France to come in and defeat both their armies to become dictator. This would eventually lead to his death along with civil wars after bringing the Roman Empire down. It seemed to be a step backward for civilization due to the fact when the Roman Empire was at its peak there was free elections, new finding in science, art, literature and other fields of education. Along, with a stable government where people could pick their senators. However during the middle ages this all seemed to come crashing down, due to civil wars and peoples push for power over the entire Empire.