Julius Caesar Part 1: The Roman Dictator
Real Dictators
Caesar's Debts Are Ruined
At 32, caesar plots his path to the top. One can't become a con until after the age of forty. Caesar runs for office again and becomes an edile - administrator of public works. He is also responsible for staging rome's annual games,. And one thing he does throughout his career is spend money like water. When he's edile in charge of the games, they are more spectacular and lavish than anyone else. Crassus, the general who defeated spartacus, is about to come back into the picture. Getting on in years, crassus has decided to hang up his helmet. Plus, he considers the powers that be were never sufficiently grateful to him
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