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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 25271770, member: 24754&quot;]<b>Julius Caesar</b> was a Roman general that rose to political prominence after forming a powerful Triumvirate with the richest man in Rome, Marcus Licinius Crassus,.........</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612639[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and Rome&#039;s greatest living general, <b>Pompey &quot;The Great&quot; Magnus</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar was made consul in 59 BC and steamrolled the Senate with Populares (support of ordinary people) ideals, which upset the Optimate (support of aristocrats) leaning senators. Caesar then became governor of Gaul and Illyricum, where he used his legions to invade and conquer additional lands to the north. This made Caesar a hero among the people, but the Senate and Pompey (Crassus had been killed in battle) began fearing his accumulating power.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pompey was made consul in 52 BC as an emergency measure, and orders were issued for Caesar to return to Rome and face trial for unlawful war-making actions. Instead, Caesar and his top general, <b>Mark Antony</b>, marched south with the solitary 13th Legion, crossed the Rubicon, and took control of Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pompey and much of the Senate had fled Rome prior to Caesar&#039;s arrival, but Pompey was subsequently defeated by Caesar at Pharsalus, at which point he fled to Egypt. After being appointed dictator and settling matters in Rome Caesar set out for Egypt to track down Pompey, but found that Pompey has been killed by the child pharaoh Ptolemy XIII when he was presented with his friend&#039;s head upon arrival. Caesar managed to meet and impregnate Ptolemy&#039;s sister and wife, <b>Cleopatra</b> while in Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar returned to Rome to resume his role as dictator, where he pardoned the senators that had betrayed him and allowed them to return as well. The Senate eventually began to fear Caesar&#039;s increasingly dictatorial, populares, self-aggrandizing behavior and calling themselves the &quot;Liberatores&quot;, hatched a plan to murder the &quot;Tyrant&quot; on the Ides of March.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar had become warry of such a plan and had been persuaded by his wife not to attend the Senate session that day. However, he was convinced to attend by his former general and supposed good friend <b>Decimus Brutus</b> (Brutus&#039; cousin and fellow Liberatore) who offered to personally escort him and ensure his safety. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Coin commissioned by Decimus, but bust is Consul Aulus Albinus)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesar was murdered with concealed daggers on the Senate floor by the Liberatores. Among them, <b>Marcus Junius Brutus</b>, a man that Caesar had loved like a son (some even suspect that he actually was his son).</p><p><br /></p><p>(Busts represent Brutus&#039; ancestors, but I like to think that the obverse was his likeness <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612648[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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