Caesar

• [Sabben Clare] After Caesar's pro-praetorship in Spain his rise to fame was unprecedented because his military career didn't have the glory Pompey's did
• [Sabben Clare] Caesar secured his election as consul for the year 59 through liberal use of other people’s money
• [Sabben clare] In his first consulship, Caesar pursued his agenda with total disregard for due process
• [Marin] Caesar had always felt a sense of superiority and his refusal to follow the rules
• [Bispham] compares Caesar to Donald Trump ( Both are charismatic leaders and In the 50s he enjoyed incredible popularity and his rise was meteoric, despite not having a long political career)
• [Shotter] Caesar’s behaviour changed after the civil war and it was obvious that he was making a move towards dominatio
• [Sabben clare] Although Caesar’s legislation won him popular support he was still alienated from the optimates and he tried, unsuccessfully, to remedy this by appealing to Cicero
• [Stockton] The members of the triumvirate were disparate in their beliefs and ambitions and the coalition was very much a makeshift solution to allow each to achieve these
• [Marin] Both Cato and Clodius distrusted Caesar and his personal ambitions after his consulship in 59BC
• [Marin] It is quite clear that Clodius was not a tool of the triumvirs
• [Marin] Cato was responsible for inciting the Senate against Caesar in the late 50s.
• [Marin] Cato’s appraisal of the situation in the late 50s was justified given Caesar’s behaviour in his first consulship.
• [Shotter] Caesar believed that he had no choice in the civil war; it was the Senate’s behaviour that precipitated it
• [Shotter] Many people who fought in the civil war recognised the need for a figure of authority to take charge until order was re-established. However, Caesar’s manipulation of the Senate meant that they did not hold this view for long