pompey and crassus striving for power, friends
gaius julius caesar 100-44BC
	nobile, claimed to be populare, so became popular
	soldier in asia minor, spain
	first major office was pontifex maximus, bribed people to get there
	aedile, praetor
	returned from spain 60BC
	first triumvirate 60BC
	consul 59BC
	conquest of Gual 58BC
	invaded britain
	returned 49BC with army to confront pompey
	
decline of roman republic, roman revolution 133-27BC
	crassus defeated by parthians in 53BC at carrhae, executed
	caesar and pompey left as main rivals - caesar ordered to returh to rome
	49BC crossed rubicon with legions and approached rome (illegal) (crossing the rubicon means no turning back, today)
	defeated pompey 48BC at pharsalus
	pompey fled, executed in egypt
	cleopatra
	became involved with the alexandrine civil war between ptolemy xiii and sister, wife, coregent queen, pharaoh cleopatra vii
	caesar sided with cleopatra
	defeated ptolemaic forces 47BC battle of the nile
	installed cleopatra as ruler and became very close to her, had a son, caesarion
	caesar returned to rome in 45BC
	became dictator for life 44BC
	cicero, brutus, cassius all worked against caesar
	assassinated 15 March 44BC (beware the ides of march)
	
cicero 106-43BC
	lawyer orator politician

octavian - grand nephew and adopted son of caesar
senatorial purge 43BC
marc antony and octavian go after brutus and cassius
marcus lepidus
second triumvirate 42BC antony lepidus octavian
antony moves to egypt
antony/cleopatra unce
antony's popularity drops hard
actium in 31BC
both committed suicide