Pompeia came from a prominent family with being the granddaughter of Sulla. In 68 BCE Caesar was elected questor and received a seat in the senate, along with now marrying a new wife named Pompeia. This reveals Caesar’s profound talent of envisioning greatness for himself along with his ability of self- dramatization. At both funerals Caesar spoke of the ancient nobility of his family, with his mother’s side descending from the first kings and his father’s from the gods. After sending some years making his name known Caesar was elected to the position of military tribune in 72 BCE.Ĭaesar’s Aunt Julia and wife Cornelia would soon pass away around 69 BCE. After moving back to Rome Caesar had goals of starting a career as a lawyer and being an influential member in Roman society. Caesar was successful in doing this and upon the death of Sulla in 78 BCE.
He needed to convince Nicomedes to allow him to obtain a fleet of ships for the Roman Navy. Caesar was ordered then by his general to be an embassy to Nicomedes, the King of Bithynia. The civic crown is awarded to any solider for saving the life a Roman citizen during battle. Caesar was then elected to be on the staff of a military legate, after receiving the civic crown in 79 BCE. Caesar immediately went into hiding, until later when his influential friends would be able to give him pardon and allow his marriage to exist. Caesar refused to divorce his wife and Sulla proscribed him, meaning that he was on the list to be executed. This was all occurring after 85 BCE when Sulla was in power and decided to order Caesar to divorce Cornelia. After being married to Caesar, Cornelia gave birth to Caesar’s only legitimate child who was then named Julia.
Cornelia was the daughter of a prominent member in the Popular faction, this shows early signs of Caesar’s wants for more by using marriage to elevate his standing in society. When Caesar reached the age of 18 he married his wife Cornelia. At the young age of 16 Caesar’s father passed away, causing him to become very close with his mother Aurelia. Caesar’s family was still far from rich even though they were considered to be Roman aristocrats. Caesar’s Aunt Julia was wife to Gaius Marius, who at the time of Caesar’s birth was the leader of the Popular faction of Roman Politics. Caesar did not hold another magistracy until his praetorship in 69, so he could not have legally been in the army unless he enrolled as a private soldier, which he of course did not.Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy in the year 100 BCE to the patrician family of Gaius Julius Caesar and his wife Aurelia.
Crassus did not enter the war until his praetorship in 71, when he was granted a special mandate to command eight legions, and by that time Caesar's magistracy had ended. In any case, Caesar could not possibly have served under Crassus, even if he did participate in the Third Servile War, which we have no reason to believe he did. If Caesar did actually encounter military engagements during his military tribunate, one wonders why such an important event, taking place during the monumental Third Servile War, would be overlooked when our sources dwell on the minor military campaigns of Caesar's time serving on Minucius Thermus' and Servilius Isauricus' staffs in Asia. Military tribunes, particularly in the latter part of the Republic, often didn't actually serve in any military function at all-for most aspiring politicians it was a way to begin ascending the political ladder, and most either held a military (or other minor) tribunate or an aedileship (which Caesar held in 65) before entering into the senatorial magistracies (i.e. None of our sources mention any military campaigns that Caesar participated in while military tribune, and none mention his participation in the Third Servile War at all. While he might have served in one of the consular armies that Spartacus annihilated in 72, it's highly unlikely. Caesar was in Asia Minor, fleeing from Sullan partisans, until 72, when he returned to Rome and was elected military tribune.
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