The Civil War of Rome :: Ancient Rome Roman History

The complaisant War of RomeThe Civil War in the eye of most people is not glorious, just now rather one of the worst crimes you could possibly commit when the state is all-important. and if under the most extreme circumstances should one be allowed to (in the eyes of the people that is) begin a Civil War with just cause. Caesar took this into consideration, further too many things were going wrong in Rome for him not to begin the war. The first of many problems was the collapse of the Triumvirate. The Triumvirate was one of the main split of the government of Rome, with which in that location were three leaders, which at the time were Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. This was never actually working all that great, but held itself together by the marriage of Caesars miss Julia, to Pompey, and the friendship Caesar and Crassus shared. But, all this came to an end when Crassus was killed in a battle against a Parthian army. Then, not too long afterwards, Julia was murdered by indi vidual who had broken into her home. This, destroyed the bond between Caesar and Pompey, and made them drift apart. Caesar seeing all this taking place, attempted to restore the bond by proposing to Pompeys only daughter, but was not allowed to by Pompey. To only make matters worse, Rome was tardily slipping into total anarchy. The government was becoming corrupt with bribery. The elections were being stopped, and there wasnt a consul elected in 53 or 52 B.C. closely authority was lost, the streets became rioted, and unsafe. During this time, Pompey tried to annul the Law of Ten Tribunes without notifying Caesar. If this happen, it would of removed a lot of Caesars power. Caesar saw what he was trying to do, and stopped it before this motion took place, and now knew for sure that Pompey was no longer his ally, but instead an enemy. Pompey tried another devious act against Caesar, which this time worked. He had the senate pass a law that made Pompey and Caesar both give up troop s, and send them to the East, where they were supposedly needed against the Parthians. This seemed fair, but it made Caesar lose two legions, one that was bring to him by Pompey in the Gallic Wars, and one of his own. Once they were positioned there, Pompey decided they were no longer needed, and sent them to Capua (a city in Rome) under his command.