Notes 4/28/14

• The proletarians: in ancient Rome, a property less but voting citizens/ Second class citizens  but they can still vote
• Guys as young as 14 up to guys as old as 50 years old would fight in the war
• Triumvirate: In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled them to control the Republics decision making
• Paterfamilias: the "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household
• Matron: title of honor given to a married woman in ancient woman
• Semi-professionals fought largely in the hope of bettering themselves through pay, loot, promotion, and above all grants of land or money to provide them with a living when they were discharged
• Caesar an aristocrat stuck up for the poor people, he sided with them and used his influence with them to advance his own cause
• Ceaser fights with his men he gets in there and fights with them
• Pompey,  Crassus ,  J.C. =  First Triumvirate

                 

         

• Rubicon: A river that marked where Caesar made a decision and he couldn't turn back on it/ Its where a decision had to be made
• Caesar`s men defeated Pompey
• They were forced to flee from Italy, and soon were murdered in Egypt
• Caesar was Supreme ruler, then tribune, supreme pontiff, consul, and dictator for 10 years
• Used his new powers to attack the grave problems facing Rome
• He took care to keep the loyalty of the soldiers and prevent rise of rival warlords, by resettling war veterans on farmlands in Italy and provinces
• He gave the Romans splendid public buildings and roads and introduced reforms into every department of administration
• He started wearing purple robes of the ancient kings
• The senate's weren't happy because they had lost all of their power so they decided they were going to murder Caesar
• The senate told Caesar that they had to talk to him  and they Stabbed him. They all passed around the sword and all stabbed him so they couldn’t blame it on each other. They all had blood on their hands. He was stabbed 23 times