The First Triumvirate (60 – 53 AD)
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The First Triumvirate (60 – 53 AD) The careers of Pompey, Crassus and Caesar before they formed their alliance…
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The First Triumvirate (60 – 53 AD). The careers of Pompey, Crassus and Caesar before they formed their alliance…. Pompey. 70s BCE: - Defeated uprising in Spain - Helped quell Spartacus’ slave revolt 70 BCE: - Joint consul with Crassus. Pompey. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The First Triumvirate (60 – 53 AD)
The careers of Pompey, Crassus and Caesar before they formed their alliance…
Pompey70s BCE: - Defeated uprising in Spain- Helped quell Spartacus’ slave revolt
70 BCE:- Joint consul with Crassus
Pompey60s BCE: - Assigned responsibility for eliminating piracy in the Mediterranean. Very successful- 66 BCE: Given the ‘Mithridatic’ command, conquers the East.
Pompey’s Eastern Conquests
Crassus• Defeated Spartacus’s
slave uprising• 70 BCE – joint consul
with Pompey• Extremely rich• Censor 65 BCE
Julius Caesar
• Holds various magistracies
• Elected pontifex maximus in 63 BCE
• Praetor in Spain• Crassus helps him
with debts in return for his political support
