The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler

Volume 3 the Classical World

episode 78

the Classical World Summary Part 3 So, The first triamvirate of the Roman Republic was made up of three men, Krasas, Pompey and Julius Caesar.

Between the three of them, they influenced the Roman Senate and tried to maintain the

stability of the Republic which was in a precarious position due to political

differences in and around the Senate.

Krasas was killed in battle by the Parthians who had previously taken control of the Persian lands that used to belong to the

accumulated Persians and the Seleucids.

While Julius Caesar was campaigning in Gaul,

Pompey turned the Roman Senate against Julius Caesar, ordering him to disband his army and

return to Rome.

Julius Caesar knew that he would lose his influence and decided not to disband his army, but instead

he crossed the Rubicon River with them and headed to Rome to confront Pompeii.

Pompeii fled to Egypt, but the Pharaoh Ptolemy the 13th arranged for him to be executed when he arrived,

and Caesar was able to gain control of Rome.

One of the most iconic acts of Julius Caesar's time as the de facto ruler of Rome was to reform the calendar and

this calendar called the Julian calendar would remain in widespread use right up

until the 16th century and even the 20th century in Russia. Although Caesar had

managed to gain control of Rome not all of the senators were happy about this and

a group of conspirators arranged to have him murdered.

This act aimed at stabilising the Roman Republic only served to destabilise it even more.

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