Latifundia

• there were huge socioeconomic effects from the huge change in wealth. the wealthy started latifundia's which were plantations run with slave labor.
• these were cheaper to run and forced farmers to sell their land and move to Rome
• with these latifundia's, the rich kept getting richer and the poor kept getting poorer. of course the rich were happy, powerful, and greedy, but this created a corruption. the poor on the other hand were angry and caused riots.

Gracchus Brothers

• out of these riots, rose the Gracchus brothers.
• these brothers led movements for public good and redistribution of land.
• they also wanted the government to supply food to the poor and create a sort of welfare.
• the Gracchus brothers were soon seen as a threat and were killed along with their followers. this triggered a one hundred year war.

The Rubricon

• a stream in northeastern Italy that marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Csalpine

Julius Ceaser

• Julius ceasar started to rise in 60 BC
• in 58 BC ceasar started his the conquest of Gaul
• he wanted to get rich as possible
• after his campaign Caesar decided to stay in Gaul with his army until he would be chosen as the new consul.
• political opponents wanted him to get back to Rome and be prosecuted for the things he had done when he was a consul
• he had made a decision that resulted in the fall of the roman republic. he lead his armies across the river of Rubicon and said the well know "Aiacton est" . he started towards Rome in January of 490

Marcus Licinius Crassus

• he was an influential roman politician from the late republic
• he was renowned for his enormous wealth

Julius's dead

• stabbed 23 times when he was killed
• last words were "et tu brute"
• was killed on march 15.

The assassination

• the assassination day was march 15, BC
• 60 or more men participated in the assassination
• words were never proven to be said

His death

• was first stabbed by a guy named casca
• after casca stabbed him he took casca's arm and pushed him away.
• he tried to get up then he felt another wound and realized that he was stabbed 23 times. he then fell to the floor

Octavian

• octavian was the grand nephew and adopted son of julius ceaser
• at 19 he was a small, sickly boy who ruled with mark antony
• the both got revenge on the people who killed julius: over 100 senators and 2000 buisnessmen
• got the help of lepidus