C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii de Bello Civili (Classic Reprint)

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Als On. Pompeius nach seiner glänzenden Siegeslaufbahn in Asien im Jahre 61 nach Rom zurückkehrte, war er, obwohl er sein Heer entlassen hatte, ohne Frage der erste und mach tigste Mann im Staate. Aber sein beispielloser Ruhm und seine hervorragende Stellung hatten die Eifersucht und den Argwohn seiner Standesgenossen erweckt, und seine persönlichen Feinde, namentlich Crassus, Lucullus und Metellus, deren Ruhm durch sein Eingreifen gemindert worden war, benutzten dies so eifrig, daß Pompeius, als er im Jahre 60 Bestätigung seiner Einrich tungen in Asien und Ackerverteilung an seine Veteranen be gehrte, im Senat auf unuberwindliche Schwierigkeiten stieß und genötigt war, sich an die Volkspartei zu wenden, um die An träge durchzusetzen, die er ehrenhalber nicht aufgeben konnte. Zu dieser Zeit war C. Iu1ius Caesar der hervorragendste Führer der Volkspartei; er bewarb sich, eben aus dem jenseitigen Spanien, wo er Propraetor gewesen war, zuruckgekehrt, um das Consulat für das Jahr 59 und hatte hierbei den heftigsten Widerstand der Senatspartei zu bekämpfen. Also kam eine Einigung leicht zustande. Es wurde auf Caesars Andringen noch M. Crassus hinzugezogen, angeblich weil er wegen seines Reichtums und seines Einflusses zur Durchführung der gemeinsamen Pläne nicht entbehrt werden könnte, in der Tat weil Caesar gegen den noch ubermächtigen Pompeius ein Gegengewicht brauchte. Dann wurde eine Verbindung geschlossen zu dem Zwecke, ne quid ageretur in re publica, quod displicuisset ulli e tribus. Suét. Caes. 19. Dies war das sogenannte erste Triumvirat.

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Born into a noble family that had fallen from influence, Gaius Julius Caesar secured his future by allying himself early in his life with the popular general and senator, Gaius Marius. Although Caesar's refusal to divorce his wife Cordelia led him to flee Rome for a period, the political and military campaigns he conducted upon his return both renewed and increased his prominence. With Senators Crassus and Pompey, he formed the First Triumvirate in 60 and 59 B.C., and for the next 10 years served as governor of several Roman provinces. His decision to assume the position of Roman consul led to war, to an encounter in Egypt with Cleopatra, and ultimately to his position as dictator of Rome. His increasing popularity and power, brought about by the numerous reforms he initiated, led to his assassination by a group of conspirators who feared he would try to make himself king. Caesar left posterity his accounts of his campaigns in Gaul (modern France) and against his rival Pompey. Although the campaigns were self-serving in the extreme, they nevertheless provide an immensely valuable historical source for the last years of the Republic. His works mirror his character. He was an individual of outstanding genius and versatility: a brilliant soldier, a stylist whose lucidity reflects his clarity of vision, an inspiring leader, and a personality of hypnotically attractive charm. But the verdict of antiquity rests upon his single, altogether Roman, flaw-he could not bear to be the second man in the state. To preserve his position, he made war on his political enemies and brought down the Republic. Then, as he was incapable of restoring the republican regime, which had furnished his political contemporaries with a sense of freedom, power, and self-respect, he was stabbed to death by his own friends.

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