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- Title
Crossing the Rubicon.
- Authors
Stevens, C. E.
- Abstract
The article discusses Roman political and military leader Julius Caesar and his role in establishing the Roman Empire. It comments on his crossing of the Rubicon River, his first step in challenging the authority of the Roman Senate, the ruling oligarchy. The author examines relations between Rome's patricians and plebeians, Caesar's role in conquering Gaul, and the loyalty of Caesar's soldiers. Several other Roman political figures are considered, including Saturninus, Marius, and Pompey the Great.
- Subjects
ROME; CAESAR, Julius, 100 B.C.-44 B.C.; ROMAN history, 265-30 B.C.; ROMAN politics &; government; ROMAN Civil War, 49-45 B.C.; POMPEY, the Great, 106 B.C.-48 B.C.; ROME. Senate; PLEBS (Rome); PATRICIANS (Rome)
- Publication
History Today, 1952, Vol 2, Issue 6, p373
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article