"Revolution": Last Century B.C.

Term misleading
And yet term "revolutionary" does work
Gracchan revolution (Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus; Cornelia)
Introduction of murder into politics, 133 B.C., 121 B.C.
"Men with armies", e.g.:

    1.     Marius (consul, 107 B.C.)
    2.     Sulla (dictator, 82-79; proscriptions)
    3.     Pompey (First Triumvirate, Crassus, Julius Caesar, 59)
Cicero, Romeís leading orator



 

Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.)

63, pontifex maximus (chief priest)

59, First Triumvirate, consul

58-51, Gallic Wars (de Bello Gallico)

49-48 B.C., Civil War with Pompey

49 B.C., Crossing the Rubicon, "alea iacta est"

48, Battle at Pharsalus

48, Pompey murdered in Egypt

47, Battle at Zela, "veni, vidi, vici"

48-44, Caesar rules Rome

44, Ides of March (15), murder of Caesar