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    This document provides context around key events and figures in ancient Rome in the 50s BC, including: 1) The so-called First Triumvirate alliance between Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in the late 50s BC that helped ratify settlements and secure consulships. 2) Clodius, a tribune who reformed Rome's grain distribution system and went after Cicero, before being killed by Milo in a violent confrontation in 52 BC. 3) The extensive political chaos in 53 and 52 BC, including failed consular elections and Clodius' body being brought to the Curia and burned, further destabilizing the Senate.

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    This document provides context around key events and figures in ancient Rome in the 50s BC, including: 1) The so-called First Triumvirate alliance between Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in the late 50s BC that helped ratify settlements and secure consulships. 2) Clodius, a tribune who reformed Rome's grain distribution system and went after Cicero, before being killed by Milo in a violent confrontation in 52 BC. 3) The extensive political chaos in 53 and 52 BC, including failed consular elections and Clodius' body being brought to the Curia and burned, further destabilizing the Senate.

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    Key Terms

    Forum lulium = Forum of Julius Caesar


    Venus Victrix = Theater of Pompey
    Venus Genetrix
    Titus Annius Milo
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    The so-called First Triumvirate

    Po mpey Crassus Caesar

    Easter n settlement ratified Consulship


    Vete ra ns settled

    Cheaper contract for collecting taxes in Asia


    Clodius, tribune of the plebs for 58

    extensive reform of grain importation & distribution system


    includes distribution of free grain to all citizens living in Rome

    use of auspices to block legislation now tightly controlled

    censors lose power over senatorial membership


    now official investigation before removing anyone

    Shores up his popularity, then moves against Cicero


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    53: political chaos so extensive that there are no consuls in office until July
    3 out of 4 consular candidates implicated in bribery scandal

    52: political chaos continues ➔ no elections held by the time year begins

    18 January: Clodius meet Milo on the Appian Way


    Things do not go well for Clodius.

    His widow, Fulvia, brings his body to the Curia ➔ becomes his funeral pyre

    Senate panics. Issues SCU, but to whom?

    22 January: Pompey questioned by tribunes.

    mid-Februa ry: Cato and Bibulus propose Pompey be appointed sole consul

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