Consulship In Julius Caesar

Gaius Marius was Roman general that lived from 157-86 BC in Rome. Not only was he a general but he also was a statesman. He was from Arpinum, located in central Italy. Unlike other statesmen, instead of coming from the Patrician class he was from the Equestrian order. Marius climbed the roman social ladder despite the difficulty he faced, marking his achievements as incredible. His considerable success, early on in the military, aided his success in climbing the cursus honorum, and eventually reaching the top political position in Rome when he was elected Consul for the first time in 107 BC. Multiple consulships, successful general, and his defeated of the German invaders saw Marius celebrated as the third founder of Rome by the people.

During the Social Wars, one general, Lucius Cornelius Sulla proved to be very successful in battles. Based on this military success, Sulla was elected consul in 88 BCE After completing his term, Marius tried to stop Sulla from taking any military command. Sulla countered by marching his troops on Rome

Caesar's successes in Gaul, along with his growing power and wealth, drove Pompey. While Caesar was fighting in Gaul, Pompey proceeded with a legislative agenda for Rome, which revealed that he was now covertly allied with Caesar's enemies. Pompey also made it clear that Caesar would not be permitted to stand for Consul unless he turned over control of his armies. This would, of course, leave Caesar defenseless before his enemies. Pompey was elected consul without colleague in 52. The

Once Sulla reached the legions, he informed his men of the great injustice that Sulpicius, their tribune, had done them. As far as they were concerned, they had been robbed of easy booty. These legionaries were more than willing to follow Sulla to Rome because, as I mentioned above, they were totally dependant on their commander for income, and pillaging the riches of Greece was definitely in their best interest (Plutarch, 75-77). Sulla’s motives were slightly more respectable, for he was interested in restoring the Senate’s ancestral power (Meier, 77).

Before Marius left for Jugurtha, he decided a total reform of the military system was necessary. The military recruitment system in place before Marius involved recruiting the army from the landowning masses of Rome. A.J Koutsoukis, author of History of the ancient world; Ancient Rome describes recruitment as an "unwelcome obligation" as it meant "a long time away from the family farm, and possible economic ruin."6 In an effort to dramatically increase the size of the army and overcome the shortage of soldiers, Marius welcomed landless, unemployed recruits into the army. This transformed the service from a reluctant obligation to a paid profession. The landless soldiers were given weapons and payment by their general, and for this reason were unconcerned with the Republics' motives behind their fighting, and more concerned with pleasing the individuals responsible for their payment and weapons, in this case being the generals. Many soldiers sought guidance and advice from their generals

Soon Sulla and Marius again had to forget there many differences to defend Rome against Allied Italian forces who had declared war on Rome. They had set up their own government and were preparing to become an independent nation. This war was known as the Social War because the Latin name for Roman allies was socii. It was ended by a more important conflict, the invasion of a Roman province in Asia Minor by Mithridates. The Romans and the Italians signed a peace treaty in 89 B.C.

The next set of military reforms come in 107 BC by then consul, Gaius Marius. These reforms expanded Rome’s army vastly and was influential in Rome’s future conquests, as well as protecting Rome from invaders. The reforms also gave military leaders more power than ever, and swayed soldiers to being loyal to their commanders instead of the Roman state. Marius, himself, is a very unlikely person to bring this kind of reform to the Roman army given his background. Although there is some conflicting sources as to Marius’ parents occupations with Plutarch claiming that they were poor peasants, “who supported themselves by their daily labour” (Plutarch 549), and other sources

In the fourth chapter, “The Pathfinders”, Strauss explores reasons why local freemen and farmers of Italy would help Spartacus and his men, as well as the movements of Spartacus’ army in its earliest stages. It was critical that locals could help lead these rebels around regions that they couldn’t have understood on their own. Among one of these locals was a man known as the Picentine, who helped lead the rebels around the Eburine hills and avoid the Romans. In these movements, Spartacus continued his guerilla style against the Roman legions, eventually capturing standards of Roman centurions, as well as the fasces of the Praetor Varinius’s lictors, a symbol of power that led to Spartacus’ army swelling in size from either 40,000 to 120,000 men. Spartacus continued moving along the Ionian coast, plundering and taking cities by force, as well as continued training and arming of the army. By the start of 72 BC, the Roman’s would begin to take Spartacus much more seriously.

Julius Caesar was and still is considered to be one of the greatest military generals in history. His combination of leadership skills, military genius, and speaking ability propelled him to the forefront of Roman society. Born on June 12/13 100 B.C., Caesar was born into an ancient aristocratic family. Around the age of 16 after his father had died, Caesar had joined the military. It was apparent from this time onward that Caesar was especially gifted in the arts of strategy and warfare. By the age of 30 Caesar had begun making political strides in his perpetual quest for glory and prominence. During this time he would work closely with his friend and future mortal enemy, Pompey. In the next ten years, Caesar would become governor of Spain and ascend to the position of consul. His partnership with Marcus Licinius Crassus further increased Caesar’s rise to power, as Crassus himself was a powerful politician and general, who was arguably the wealthiest man in all of Rome. Along with Pompey, the three men formed what came to be known as the First Triumvirate. Although Caesar was aligned with Pompey, he never ceased to find ways outmaneuver him, qualities that would eventually precipitate Rome’s civil war. Continuing his military conquests, Caesar would become the governor of Gaul, which is now modern day Belgium and France. After ascending to this position, he’d engage in a near decade-long conquest of Gaul known as the Gallic War. Probably his most successful battle and

It was the beginning of the new wrestling season and all that Tom Allen could think of was his match he lost last year against Joe Kendall. Joe beat Tom at the state tournament to win the 145-pound bracket. The whole day he thought about the entire match and how he should win the final score of the match was 3-2. He was up to the entire match until the third period when Joe got a takedown with 30 seconds left in the match. Tom tried extremely had to get an escape however he wasn’t able to cause him to lose the match. That match ruined the rest of Tom’s week because all he could think of was that disappointing loss. That match also broke his perfect record of 27-0.

Looking at the city Chicago, the power relations that run out from here around the world from miles away are extraordinary. Chicago is a transformative city, within the globalization that has taken place over the last thirty years, the financial globalization within the organization of the global economy. And Chicago has been absolutely at the center of that, not just that some of the most powerful constructed institutions are there, but also in the sense that it was there that a lot of this neo-liberal economics within which we now which live was imagined in the first place. The imagination in the first place and then the export, of that way of thinking around the world. So its power is more than economic, it’s also political and

35 years after world war II had ended, the leaders of china feared that their nation was over populating and not have enough resources to support their huge and rapidly increasing population. In 1949 after the civil war that had lasted more than 20 years, Mao Zedong and his communist won the control of china. He implied that his revolution was based on classless society. This policy has either benefited families for more job opportunities for age workers and but this was a disadvantage for families with more than one child because education, food and everyday necessities would be much more expensive than families with one child. At the time, China was a very poor country having diseases and natural disasters. The 3 main causes of the one child policy were Economic,Ethical, and Social effects.

The Jugurthine War lasted from 112 - 105 BC after Jugurtha killed both of his cousins so that he could have the kingdom to rule for himself. Before Jugurtha, Rome and Numidia were allies after his grandfather Massinissa allied Numidia to Rome after the Second Punic War. The Jugurthine War was a war between Numidia and Rome, led by Jugurtha and various commanders, ending with Gaius Marius. The Jugurthine War lasted for almost a decade after there were many changes in commanders and delays in the war due to bribery allegations. When the war was over, after Sulla and Bocchus had made a plan to capture Jugurtha and send him to Rome, the senate’s reputation was badly damaged and in the end it showed the corruption of the ruling party which was sending the

The clang of the swords on the shields pierced General Julius Caesar’s ear. He couldn’t wait till the war against the Greeks was over and he could return home to his wife. He slaughtered 113 enemy soldiers and was still on the hunt to find one. He stepped over 47 bodies, some of which were still breathing and groaning their last breaths on the eastern shore of the river Acheron. Caesar's nemesis was General Brutus,the leader of the greek army, and his old best friend. After the battle at the River of Acheron, General Julius Caesar rode back to his camp, Gleaming in his Ice-white armour, shining in his glory after his victory vs the Greeks.

The first of Sulla’s power changing was after his first victory. Sulla went from having nothing to getting a little taste of power. Sulla was born into a noble family, but was hardly brought up like he was a part of one (175). His father left him no money and he ended up living in a cheap rented apartment (175). As a young adult, he didn’t take anything serious and was known to hang out with actors or comedians and share their lifestyle (176). It wasn’t until he was appointed quaestor in Marius’ first consulship to make war in Africa on Jugurtha, that Sulla experienced his first government