1. Introduction to Greek and Roman History Lecture 17 Caesar and the first triumvirate

2. 59 B.C.: Caesar’s consulship and the triumvirate - Agrarian law to benefit Pompey’s veterans, Crassus and Pompey in the agrarian commission. - Caesar is granted a five-year command in Cisalpine Gaul, Illyria and Translapine Gaul. -Tax-farmers are granted a waiver of a portion of their leasing payment.

3. The Aquileia legions (Caesar, De bello gallico I.10)

4. Caesar in Gaul, 58-51 B.C.

6. The empire before Caesar’s conquests

7. The empire after Caesar’s conquests

8. Denarius of Julius Caesar, 48-47 B.C. R/ Head of a goddess wearing an oak leaf wreath on obverse (Clementia? Pietas?) V/: Gallic military trophy holding an oval shield, Gallic trumpet (carnyx); there is an axe topped with an animal head on the right. Berlin, Pergamon Museum.

9. 56 B.C.: Luca

10. The triumvirate according to Cato Jr. A conspiracy for the division of the supreme power and the abolition of the constitution Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger, 41.2

11. Pompey in Syria

12. 53: Battle of Carrhae

13. 52: Pompey’s consulship -Lex pompeia de iure magistratuum: candidates for magistracies had to be present in Rome. -Pompey’s command is extend for further five years

14. December 50 B.C. -The Senate vote that both proconsuls, Caesar and Pompey should give up their provinces. -The consul Caius Marcellus grants Pompey power for the military defence of the state.

15. January 49

17. Corfinium, February 49

18. Civil War, 49-44 B.C.

19. 9 th August 48, Battle of Pharsalus