Caesar became the governor of Spain in 61 BC after Crassus had helped pay his creditors after some financial issues. Military actions in Spain helped further restore Caesar's financial security. ... Caesar secured Spain and then fought Pompey in Greece, defeating him at Pharsalus. ... Caesar introduced many reforms, such as limiting the distribution of free grain, founding citizen colonies, introducing the Julian calendar, and enlarging the senate. ...

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He also founded the city of Cartagena, or as it was known in Rome, Carthago Nova.7 He discovered many silver mines in Spain, which financed Carthage's war until Spain was taken by Scipio Africanus. Then at the age of 25, Hannibal was elected leader in Spain by the army.8 Hannibal now went about Spain and used a mixed tactic of Hamlicar's military might and Hasdrubal's diplomatic skill. ... Saguntum being in the middle of the Carthaginian holding was not a help here, and Hannibal saw this as an opportunity to pick a fight with Rome. ... They did not send any help, and Sagun...

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A baby was born on July 12 or 13 of 100 BC in Rome. Little did the proud parents of this baby know that he would rule most of the known world. This baby was born to the name of Gaius, his personal name, Julius was the name of his family's clan and the name of his family was Caesar meaning hairy. Cae...

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This helped them gain more power, land and resources and helped them get more men into the army. ... These kinds of rewards helped Rome's military to grow in numbers, which in turned helped, the Empire to grow. ... His main goal was to help restore the republic and help in establishing "Pax Romana" or the peace of Rome. ... He states, "I made the sea peaceful and freed it of pirates". He also helped bring peace and protection to Rome and its surrounding counties that were under Roman rule like Spain and Gallic by creating this "Iron Ring" (Perry, 130). ...

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The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). These places helped spread many aspects of Roman life. ... He helped nourish the poor and lower class by providing them with a bigger supply of food. ... He issued laws that helped lower adultery and influenced the upper class to provide more offspring. ... A new bureaucracy was made that included slaves and free men. ...

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Major Works Data Sheet Title: Julius Caesar Author: William Shakespeare Date of Publication: Julius Caesar was written in 1599 and it was most likely one of the very first plays to be performed in the new Globe Theatre. Although the writing of the play came much earlier, the play was not...

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