Notes--Rome (for use with Julius Caesar)

I.  Founding of Rome--legend
    A.  Romulus and Remus
    B.  The Aneid

II.  The Tarquin Kings
    A.  Clans and villages
    B.  The Etruscans
            1.  Patricians
            2.  Plebeians
    C.  Republic

III.  Roman Government and Religion
    A.  Consul, Imperator, Dictator
    B.  Senate--most powerful body, life terms
    C.  Praetor--magistrate, judge
    D.  Tribunes--Plebeian representatives in the Senate
    E.  Censor--kept track of population and taxes
    F.  Pontifex Maximus--head of Roman religion
            1.  religion and government connected

IV.  Caesar
    A.  Rise to power
            1.  Pontifex Maximus 63 B.C.E.
            2.  Consul 58 B.C.E.
            3.  Gaul
    B.  Alliance with Pompey 59 B.C.E.
            1.  First Triumvirate:  Pompey, Crassus, Caesar
    C.  Pompey given sole Consulship 52 B.C.E.
            1.  Caesar removed as Governor of Gaul
            2.  Caesar crosses Rubicon River--civil war
    D.  Caesar becomes Dictator
            1.  Pompey killed by King Ptolemy of Egypt
                    a.  Ptolemy hoped to gain Caesar's favor against his sister, Cleopatra
                    b. presented Caesar with Pompey's head in a basket
            2.  Caesar's popularity--"Dictator for Life" 44 B.C.E.