1. History 107 Caesar

2. Julius Caesar • Noble background • Nephew of Marius

3. Politics in the 60’s • Catiline • Frustrated politician • Appeals to Sullan veterans, rural classes • The consular election of 64 (for 63)

4. Catiline • 63BCE • Catiline runs for consul again

5. Cicero and the conspiracy • The discovery of the conspiracy • The speeches • The ideal

6. Publius Clodius Pulcher • noble, adopted into a plebeian family in 59 • the Bona Dea scandal, 62

7. The end of the 60’s • Caesar elected praetor of Spain, 62 • Pompey returns from Asia, 62 • The personal is political

8. Cato the Younger • Great-grandson of Cato the Elder • Traditional - optimate

9. The “First Triumvirate” • An informal coitio, not a formal group • Crassus, Pompey and Caesar

10. Caesar’s Consulship - 59 • Bibulus ineffective • Pompey’s requests enacted

11. The Aftermath • Caesar goes to Gaul, starts war

12. In Gaul • Convenient excuses to fight... • Public Thanksgiving

14. Back at Rome... • Cicero recalled, 57 • The Conference of Luca, 56

15. The conquest of Gaul • Uprisings in 54 • The siege of Alesia, 52

16. The Breakdown of the Triumvirate and Republic • 54: Julia • 53: Crassus dies at Carrhae • 52: Milo murders Clodius