After election, he was a consul in 59 BC. Faced with the choice between a triumph and the consulship, Caesar chose the consulship. Though he was due a 'triumph' in Rome, he also wanted to stand for Consul, the most senior magistracy in the Republic. In Spain he conquered two local tribes, was hailed as imperator by his troops, and completed his governorship in high esteem. Caesar left for his province before his praetorship had ended. In return for political support, Crassus paid some of Caesar's debts and acted as guarantor for others. He turned to Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of Rome's richest men. Caesar won comfortably, despite his opponents' greater experience and standing.Īfter his praetorship, Caesar was appointed to govern Roman Spain, but he was still in considerable debt and needed to pay his creditors. He ran against two powerful senators there were accusations of bribery by all sides. In 63 BC he ran for election to the post of Pontifex Maximus, as high priest of the Roman state religion. p100 On his return in 67 BC, he married Pompeia (a granddaughter of Sulla), whom he later divorced. After her funeral, Caesar went to serve his quaestorship in Spain. ![]() On his return to Rome, he was elected as military tribune, a first step in a political career. He was soon called back into military action. As a sign of leniency, he first had their throats cut. He had them crucified on his own authority, as he had promised while in captivity-a promise the pirates had taken as a joke. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and imprisoned them. When the pirates thought to demand a ransom of twenty talents of silver, he insisted they ask for fifty. He maintained an attitude of superiority throughout his captivity. On the way across the Aegean Sea, Caesar was kidnapped by pirates and held prisoner. From then on, lack of money was one of the main problems in his life. His mother's family pleaded for his life Sulla reluctantly gave in, but stripped Caesar of his inheritance. Hundreds were killed or exiled, and Caesar was on the list. Sulla set about purging Rome of his enemies. ![]() At sixteen he was the head of his family, and soon came under threat as Lucius Cornelius Sulla became Roman dictator.
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