Cyber day 26

I will be taking my test on June second at 8:55 - 9:45.

• Rome used Bread and Circuses to calm and distract the plebs
• Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians
• Soldiers’ loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic
• Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BCE)
• a highly successful general
• he conquered the huge territory of Gaul
• The First Triumvirate
• Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
• Caesar appoints himself governor of Gaul
• In 44BC he is named dictator - first for six months, then for life
• Created jobs for the poor, especially through public works projects
• Increased pay for soldiers
• He was assassinated
• Why? The senators saw Caesar’s rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability
• How? They lured him into the Senate, stabbing him 23 times, making sure all were involved