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Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator

Real Dictators

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The Roman Empire - The First Tramvret

Rome is now an oligarchy, in the hands of pompey, crassus and caesar. The fact they fall completely in love is why historians don't like love. It's messy, confusing and it makes absolutely no sense. And it helps bind all three together. But Caesar's problem with the first triumvirate is his third. Pompey is way out on front in terms of glory, wealth crassus. He very experienced, far more so than caesar. Where's he going to go after the consulship? It's to a command of his choice where he can win real glory. Time, once again, to do i geographical ca

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