a chang in rule
Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians
military generals worked that angle
nobody did that better than Caesar
Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)
a highly successful general
he conquered the huge territory of Gaul
he could play the game (of politics)
made common folks happy
made friends in high places
Pompey (general that conquered Syria and Palestine)
Crassus (richest man, one of the richest men in all history)
these three men formed the First Triumvirate (rule of three men)
crossing the Rubicon
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