In 44 B C, Conspirators Assassinate Caesar and Antony.
Conspirators Assassinate Caesar and AntonyThe rise of Julius
Caesar had been meteoric. He was born to a comfortable, but
hardly powerful, patrician family in 100 BC and spent much of
his youth away from Rome as the dictator Sulla committed his
purges. Young Caesar surrendered his title in the priesthood and
instead joined the army to further his career in politics. In
potentially corrupt elections, Caesar began to win titles such
as quaestor, Pontifex Maximus, and governor of Spain. His
victories over barbarians there earned him a triumph, which
catapulted his fame and earned him spots in the circles of
General Pompey the Great and Crassus, the wealthiest man in
Rome. Caesar managed to bring the two, who had long been
opponents, into an informal political alliance known as the
Triumvirate. He was made consul for a year and then dispatched
to Gaul where his conquests would make him legendary. A new
article by Jeff ProvineCaesar returned to Rome in 49 BC on