Caesar's first consulship
59 BCE · Event
Elected consul with Crassus's money and Pompey's veterans behind him, Caesar bulldozes the Senate for a year — then takes as his reward a five-year command over the Gallic provinces. He is 41, heavily in debt, and needs a war: beyond the Alps lies glory, plunder, and an army that will answer to him alone.
On these timelines: Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, Roman History, Fall of the Roman Republic, Master
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