The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus (60–53 BCE)

1. Caesar brokers alliance with Pompey and Crassus

   Jan 1, 60 BCELabels: Julius Caesar, Pompey, Marcus Crassus

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2. Caesar elected consul with Triumviral backing

   Jan 1, 59 BCELabels: Julius Caesar, Consulship, Triumvirate

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3. Caesar forces through land distribution for Pompey’s veterans

   Jan 1, 59 BCELabels: Land Distribution, Pompey s, Caesar s

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4. Lex Vatinia grants Caesar a five-year provincial command

   Jan 1, 59 BCELabels: Lex Vatinia, Cisalpine Gaul, Illyricum

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5. Pompey marries Caesar’s daughter Julia

   Apr 1, 59 BCELabels: Pompey, Julia Caesar, Marriage Alliance

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6. Caesar departs for Gaul; Gallic War begins

   Jan 1, 58 BCELabels: Gallic War, Julius Caesar, Helvetii

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7. Clodius becomes tribune and targets Cicero

   Jan 1, 58 BCELabels: Publius Clodius, Tribune, Cicero

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8. Rivalries in Rome strain the Triumviral partnership

   Jan 1, 57 BCELabels: Roman Factions, Pompey, Triumvirate

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9. Luca Conference renews the Triumvirate

   Jan 1, 56 BCELabels: Conference of, Caesar, Pompey

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10. Pompey and Crassus elected consuls for 55 BCE

    Jan 1, 55 BCELabels: Pompey, Marcus Crassus, Consulship

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11. Laws extend Caesar’s command; provinces assigned to Pompey and Crassus

    Jan 1, 55 BCELabels: Legislation 55, Caesar s, Provincial Assignments

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12. Crassus killed after defeat at Carrhae

    Jan 1, 53 BCELabels: Battle of, Marcus Crassus, Parthia

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