Carthage and Caesar

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Caesar's rise to power

Planning

1. What have we discussed in previous lesson
2. Talk briefly about the punic wars
3. Caesar's rise to power

What do you remember from previous lesson?

Objectives of this lesson

1. Tell me what happened in the punic wars
2. Explain in your own words how Caesar came to power
3. Tell me in your own words what rome looked like under Caesar's rule

Caesar's rise to power

Triumvirate

• Three people share power 
• They all wanted absolute power
• the winner was Caesar

How Caesar won the power struggle

!!Important information!!

1. First Caesar was a consul
2. He used the militairy to get power
3. He started a civil war to become dictator of Rome

What did Caesar do to get power?

Caesar was a.....

Consul

Dictator

What do we call a group of three men who share power?

1. Triumvirate
2. Ostracism
3. Oligarchy
4. Republicanism

What did you learn today?