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Historical Background to J.C
Jeremy W.
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English
7th Grade
01/29/2007

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how did caesar get more power
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Caesar took all the offices in rome except king
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how long did caesar rule over rome
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16 months
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how did octavian, Antony and Lepidus divide up the land
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Octavian-west
Antony-East
Lepidus-Africa
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How did caesar change the calendar
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He changed it froma 355 day lunar calendar to a 365 1/4 day solar calendar
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When was Caesar born
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100 B.C.
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Who created the first triumvirate
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Crassus, Pompey and Caesar
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When did Caesar die
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15 march 44 b.c
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How did caesar get power
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his army
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When was the second triumvirate created
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43 B.C
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Describe Pompey
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-Ambitious
-Indifferent Public speaker
-Athletic
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What did Pompey, crassus and caesar want
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Pompey- land
Crassus- share of asian taxes
Caesar-Military glory
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Why did the people of rome like caesar
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He did not kill his enemies
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How did caesar solve the debt problem
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Did not let people hold on to money
got rid of interest
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Who opposed Caesar reign
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the seante
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What did caesar plan to build
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20 colonies for 100,000 people
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What did caesar change about cizizenship
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he extened it ot Gaul and invited doctors, teachers, librarians and scholars
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Who lead the slave revolt
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Spartacus
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What was caesars greatest service
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he cut out the cancer of civil war
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What shows that crassus is crafty
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He would stand outside a burning house and not do anything until the owner sold him the land for a song
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who is sulla
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he wanted to restore the seante
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