POTLR - Topic 3

the first triumvirate

62 BC

• Bona Dea Scandal

• Cato as Tribunate

• Caesar as Praetor

• Pompey returns from the east and holds a triumph

61 BC

• Trial of Clodius

• Caesar in spain as propraetor

60 BC

• Caesar returns from spain

• FORMATION OF THE 1st TRIUMVIRATE

59 BC

• Caesar is consul

• Pompey marries Julia 

• Clodius becomes a plebian by adoption

• the Lex Vatinia gave Caesar extraordinary imperium for a campain in gaul

What was the LEX VATINIA

Roman law passed in 59 BC that granted Julius Caesar the governorship of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum for five years

58 BC

• Clodius as tribune

• exile of Cicero

• Caesar departs for Gaul

• Cato sent to oversee annexation of Cyprus

57 BC

• Cicero returns from exile

• Pompey granted position of Curator of the grain supply with proconsular imperium for 5 years

56 BC

renewal of the Triumviate at Luca

55 BC

• Consulship of pompey and crassus

• Caesar granted an extra 5 year command in gaul

• Pompey granted an extra 5 year command in Spain

• Crassus granted an extra 5 year command in Syria

54 BC

• Death of Julia

• Cato as Praetor

53 BC

• Rioting in Rome leads to inability to hold consular elections

• Crassus dies at the battle of Carrhae