First Consulship Flashcards
1
Q
When?
A
59BC - 41 years old but min age was 43
2
Q
Other consul?
A
Bibulus - Cato’s son in law
3
Q
Pompey’s veteran soldiers
A
- wanted land reform bill
- commission of 20 men
4
Q
Benefits for Rome
A
- land reform bill 1 - commission of 20men
- land reform bill 2 - Campania and distributed to poor
- provincial reform
- Egypt treaty- new alliances
- Crassus’ tax bill
5
Q
How he upset the optimates
A
- took a popularis approach
- made Bibulus stay away for majority
- Crassus + Pompey were 2 of 20 commissioners
- wasn’t being traditional
- joined triumvirate with 2 of most powerful politicians
6
Q
Who was his running-mate?
A
Leucceius - wealthy, friends with Cicero
7
Q
Opposition
A
- The Optimates were delaying Caesar’s triumph from Spain to delay his campaign to be consul
- Cato backed Bibulis to be consul
- Cato delayed the land reform bill by talking and was arrested
8
Q
What was the joke about the consulship?
A
“Consulship Of Julius and Caesar”
9
Q
Good For Ceasar
A
- redrew his governorship to Gaul for 5 years
- Bibulus vetoed from making final speech at the end of consulship
