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Sulla won and marched off to Asia Minor\nMarius and his supporters came to power in Rome while Sulla was away\nKilled many leaders in the Senate\nSulla came back to Rome in 82 BCE\nSulla killed thousands of Marius’ followers and confiscated their property as booty for his troops\nSulla ruled as dictator for three years\nGave the Senate back control of the government\nThen he retired\nClick to edit Master title style\nThe First Triumvirate\nThe First Triumvirate was an unofficial (and at first secret) pact to control Rome\nFrom 60 to 53 BCE\nMembers:\nPompey\nMarcus Crassus\nJulius Caesar\nPompey (106 BCE-48 BCE)\nA general under Sulla\nMilitary victories\nCleared pirates out of the Mediterranean\nPut down a revolt in Iberia (Spain)\nFinished Sulla’s fight against King Mithridates\nConquered Palestine (Israel and Judea) and Syria for Rome\nBecame angry with the Senate\nSenate did not give him full recognition for his achievements\nSenate refused to pay his soldiers\nMarcus Crassus (115 BCE-53 BCE)\nGeneral who defeated Spartacus\nBecame wealthy by devious means\nAbusing the proscription system\nProscription was the legal confiscation of the property of those who had fought against those now in power\nCrassus reportedly had at least one person, whose fortune he coveted, added to the proscription list\nBought burning buildings\nHeard a building was on fire, then ran to buy it as it was burning\nAfter buying it, he’d have his people put out the fire before too much damage was done\nThe traditional Roman firefighting method was to destroy a burning building in order to save those structures surrounding it\nJulius Caesar (100 BCE-44 BCE)\nElected consul in 59 BCE\nMilitary victories\n59-51 BCE – brought the Gauls (in modern-day France) under Roman rule\nHe wrote the famous Commentaries on the Gallic Wars\nClick to edit Master title style\nClick to edit Master title style\nThe First Triumvirate\nTrouble in Paradise\n53 BCE – Crassus killed in battle against the Parthians\nThis ended the First Triumvirate\nPompey was jealous of the successes Caesar was having in Gaul\nPompey talked the Senate into demanding that Caesar return to Rome as a private citizen (without his troops)\nCrossing the Rubicon\nCaesar had a decision to make\nFollowing the Senate’s orders = powerlessness before Pompey\nDisobeying the Senate’s orders = Violating Roman law\nRubicon River\nRiver in northern Italy\nTradition and law said that soldiers had to disband before crossing this river into Italy\n“The die is cast.  I have crossed the Rubicon.”\nHe led his troops across the Rubicon River\nOnce he crossed the river, he could not take back his decision","cbCaifPaat1uv68b","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifPaat1uv68b","pptx",1835825,27,"English","# Tiberius Gracchus and Land Reform\n## Gaius Gracchus and Reform\n# Social Conflict and the Rise of Military Power\n## Why Military Dictators Came to Power\n## Roman Battles and Revolts\n# Gaius Marius\n## Army Reform\n## Struggle with Lucius Sulla\n# Lucius Sulla\n## Senate and Military Campaigns\n## Dictatorship and Aftermath\n# The First Triumvirate\n## Members and Their Achievements\n## Trouble After Crassus\n# Caesar and the Breakdown of Law\n## Crossing the Rubicon\n## Caesar in the East and Return to Rome\n# Caesar’s Reforms and Assassination\n## Ides of March\n# Chaos and More Civil War\n## Second Triumvirate and Division of Power\n## Octavian vs. Mark Antony","[{\"question\":\"What factors led to the rise of military dictators in late Republican Rome?\",\"answer\":\"Constant fighting between rich and poor, unrest in the provinces, slave rebellions such as Spartacus, barbarian invasions, and the people’s demand for strong leadership all contributed to the shift toward militarized authority.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Gaius Marius reform the Roman army?\",\"answer\":\"He formed a paid, volunteer, professional army staffed by Rome’s landless people, ending property qualifications. Soldiers gained spoils of war and earned pensions after completing service.\"},{\"question\":\"What ended the First Triumvirate and set off new political conflict?\",\"answer\":\"Crassus was killed in battle against the Parthians in 53 BCE, ending the First Triumvirate. Pompey also became jealous of Caesar’s success and pushed the Senate to demand Caesar return without his troops.\"}]","Civil War in Rome and the End of the Roman Republic - Overview | PPTX",1792385066,68]