Notes

• Rubicon was a river that marks northern most border of Rome
• Once he crossed it to invade it, he couldn’t turn back
• The gulish tribes could've conquered Rome but Caesar conquered them
• Crassus led an empire into defeat
• Pompey is in Rome
• Pompey was forced to leave Italy and Caesar's men killed him
• He was the 'father of the father land'
• Caesar made himself ruler of the republic
• Frist he was a tribune, the supreme pontiff, consul then named himself dictator for 10 years
• Caesar used to power to get rid of problems in Rome
• He let loyal soldiers get land
• Once the people whom he conquered, he gave those people rights
• He did all the things the people wanted him to do
• The senate were mad
• He made a 'show' of being in charge
• The senate realized they lost all their power
• The senate invited him in
• Several of them pulled out daggers and stabbed him to death
• All of the senate members that were there stabbed him