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5 days ago · Determined to eradicate corruption and reform the government, Caesar formed an alliance with two other powerful men marginalized by the Senate: a successful general, Pompey the Great and the wealthiest man in the Republic, Marcus Licinius Crassus. This alliance, known as the First Triumvirate, allowed its members to advance their agendas within ...
1 day ago · Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC – 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.
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2 days ago · Regardless, Marcus Aurelius, for all his many military conquests, philosophical brilliance and centralization of Rome did nothing to prevent the persecution of Christians and perhaps much to foster it. 7. Maximinus the Thracian (235-238)
4 days ago · Caesarion (born June 47 bce —died 30 bce) was the king of Egypt (reigned 44–30 bce ), son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII. Ptolemy was his mother’s co-ruler, killed by Octavian, later the emperor Augustus, after Cleopatra’s death in 30.
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May 14, 2024 · noun. Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180) synonyms: Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Annius Verus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. see more.
1 day ago · Caesar could claim personal ties to the gods, both by descent and by office. He was from the gens Julia, whose members claimed to be "descended from Aeneas and his mother Venus". In his eulogy for his aunt Julia, Caesar also indirectly claimed to be descended from Ancus Marcius and the kings of Rome, and so from Mars.
1 day ago · The poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (AD 39–65) was of the opinion that Caesar's victory over Pompey and the fall of Cato the Younger (95 BC–46 BC) marked the end of traditional liberty in Rome; historian Chester Starr writes of his avoidance of criticizing Augustus, "perhaps Augustus was too sacred a figure to accuse directly."