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Cicero and the First Triumvirate

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  1. 1What did Pompey, Crassus and Caesar want?Image for question 1
    1. A1. Get a third of his money back
    2. B1. Wanted the rights to tax Asia
    3. C1. Wanted more prestige and recognition
    4. DPaid too much and failed to get a profit
    5. E2. Government recognition for provinces
    6. F2. Another Consulship
    7. G3. Land to be given to his troops
    8. H1. Both were usual things that occured
    9. I1. Both were unusual things asked for
    10. JConsulship> get military command in Gaul
    11. KTotal control
  2. 2The Triumvirate was formed in [blank_start]60 BC[blank_end]. This was Caesar's idea and enabled them to run Rome, it was [blank_start]a private agreement[blank_end]. Pompey, Crassus and Caesar all wanted something that they could not get on their own. Pompey wanted [blank_start]two things[blank_end]- [blank_start]recognition of the four provinces[blank_end] that he created in Asia and [blank_start]land to be given to his troops[blank_end]; both of these things usually happened automatically, but due to his opponents in the senate they were blocked. Crassus had previously brought [blank_start]the right to collect taxes in Asia[blank_end], however despite implementing [blank_start]heavy taxes he could not get a profit[blank_end] and wanted third of his money back from the senate. Caesar wanted [blank_start]a consulship[blank_end] so that afterwards he would be eligible for a [blank_start]military command in Gaul[blank_end], which would give him huge wealth and glory.

    Caesar was the [blank_start]brains[blank_end] of the Triumvirate along with a powerful persuasion. Pompey had the [blank_start]influence[blank_end] that came with the huge army of voters and being a very popular general. Crassus was the [blank_start]money[blank_end] and was able to bribe anyone who needed to be.

    This meant that they were able to fix things for years. In [blank_start]59 BC[blank_end] Caesar became [blank_start]consul[blank_end] and the year after he got the military command in [blank_start]Gaul[blank_end]. Also in [blank_start]58 BC[blank_end] they fixed both consuls one was Piso- [blank_start]Caesar's[blank_end] father in law and the other was Gabiniaus who was a close friend of [blank_start]Pompey's.[blank_end] They along with Crassus' money ran the senate in the interests of the Triumvirate.
    1. A60 BC
    2. B61 BC
    3. C59 BC
    4. Da private agreement
    5. Eknown publically
    6. Ftwo things
    7. Gone thing
    8. Hrecognition of the four provinces
    9. Ithe wealth and glory
    10. Jland to be given to his troops
    11. Khis rivals to be removed from the senate
    12. Lthe right to collect taxes in Asia
    13. Mnew land in the Roman Empire
    14. Nheavy taxes he could not get a profit
    15. Omaking himself governor he couldn't
    16. Pa consulship
    17. Qbe become a governor
    18. Rmilitary command in Gaul
    19. Smilitary command in Russia
    20. Tmilitary command in England
    21. Ubrains
    22. Vmoney
    23. Winfluence
    24. Xinfluence
    25. Ybrains
    26. Zmoney
    27. AAmoney
    28. ABbrains
    29. ACinfluence
    30. AD59 BC
    31. AE60 BC
    32. AF69 BC
    33. AGconsul
    34. AHgovernor
    35. AIGaul
    36. AJEngland
    37. AKRussia
    38. AL58 BC
    39. AM68 BC
    40. ANCaesar's
    41. AOPompey's
    42. APCrassus'
    43. AQPompey's
    44. ARCaesar's
    45. ASCrassus'
  3. 3What happened during Caesar's consulship in 59 BC?
    1. AThe Campanian Land was passed which gave Pompey's soldiers land
    2. BCicero was put on a death list
    3. CCaesar was assasssinated
    4. DThe 4 provinces were acknowledged
    5. EPompey and Crassus started to argue and disagree, once they got what they wanted
    6. FCrassus got his money back
    7. GCaesar went back on the agreement and didn't give Pompey or Crassus what they wanted
    8. HEvery political meeting Pompey's soldiers in the senate room to intimidate the senate
    9. IBibulus, the other consul, had the public toilet tipped over him
  4. 4Cicero [blank_start]did not like[blank_end] Caesar's consulship in 59 BC stating that there was [blank_start]"nothing but utter despair"[blank_end] in one of his letters to Atticus.

    Cicero was asked to join the Triumvirate due to his [blank_start]oratory, his vast influence and weight[blank_end] that his opinion carries. He was offered a prestige job [blank_start]in the military campaign in Gaul[blank_end] at Caesar's side and an [blank_start]all expenses paid foreign religious trip[blank_end] so that he would be out of Rome and less of a threat. He [blank_start]denied[blank_end] both.

    This was due to the fact that the dominance of the Triumvirate was the [blank_start]opposite of Cicero's core beliefs[blank_end], which were a democratic republic and freedom of speech. A main factor of this was the Campanian Land Law which required everyone who was standing for election to take [blank_start]an oath to swear not to change the law[blank_end]; this is extremely anti-democratic.

    In a public speech Cicero [blank_start]attacked the violence[blank_end] of Caesar's consulship and the Campanian Land Law. Not 24 hours later Caesar was conspiring with Pompey and Clodius to [blank_start]exile Cicero[blank_end], due to him executing Roman citizens without a trial, despite them being traitors aligning themselves with Catiline.
    1. Adid not like
    2. Bdid like
    3. C"nothing but utter despair"
    4. D"everything to be hopeful about"
    5. Eoratory, his vast influence and weight
    6. Fscandalous disrespect for the republic
    7. Gnefarious ways and weight
    8. Hlove for Rome and the influence
    9. Iin the military campaign in Gaul
    10. Jin the senate
    11. Kin a province
    12. Lall expenses paid foreign religious trip
    13. Mgovernorship in a lucrative province
    14. Ndenied
    15. Oaccepted
    16. Popposite of Cicero's core beliefs
    17. Qsame as Cicero's core beliefs
    18. Rmost idealistic way to run Rome
    19. San oath to swear not to change the law
    20. Tattacked the violence
    21. Upraised the resourcefulness
    22. Vexile Cicero
    23. Wpraise Cicero and pardon him
  5. 5When was Cicero exiled?
    1. A62 BC
    2. B52 BC
    3. C58 BC
    4. D67 BC
  6. 6When Cicero was exile Clodius burnt his town house to the ground and built a temple to freedom on top of it.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7Why was Cicero pardoned?
    1. APompey needed help against Crassus and believed that Cicero could help
    2. BPeople believed that Cicero was the only hope against the Triumvirate
    3. CCicero's brother promises that Cicero won't oppose the Triumvirate
  8. 8What did Cicero get Pompey in thanks?
    1. ACorn Commision
    2. BAnother military command
    3. CBeing governor of Spain
  9. 9The Triumvirate is visibly splitting in [blank_start]56 BC[blank_end], with Caesar in Gaul and Pompey and Crassus quarreling. Also all three of them had gained what they wanted and what drew them together in the first place. Crassus had hated Pompey ever since 71 BC when Pompey stole all of the glory for [blank_start]winning the Slave War[blank_end] when Crassus had been fighting for two years.

    Crassus had joined with [blank_start]Clodius[blank_end] who had a team of thugs which they used to intimidate Pompey. This makes life so hard for Pompey that he goes to a local gladiator school and chooses two gladiators to protect him as he walked around Rome.

    Caesar assembled Crassus and Pompey at [blank_start]Luca[blank_end] in 56 BC to stop them from quarreling. Caesar promises them a [blank_start]joint consulship in 55 BC.[blank_end] For Pompey he gives a province of [blank_start]Spain with three legions for 5 years[blank_end] and he stay in Rome so he [blank_start]never even needs to go to Spain[blank_end]. Crassus also gets the province of [blank_start]Syria[blank_end] so that he can launch an attack on the Parthian Empire. Unfortunately in 53 BC he lost the standards and his life.
    1. A56 BC
    2. B57 BC
    3. C60 BC
    4. Dwinning the Slave War
    5. Egetting the command in Asia
    6. FClodius
    7. GBibulus
    8. HCicero
    9. ILuca
    10. JSpain
    11. KRome
    12. Ljoint consulship in 55 BC.
    13. Mwealth and prestige.
    14. NSpain with three legions for 5 years
    15. OGaul with two legions
    16. Pnever even needs to go to Spain
    17. Qnever even needs to go to Gaul
    18. RSyria
    19. SIran
  10. 10Why did Cicero drop his opposition to the Triumvirate?
    1. AThey threatened his brother
    2. BHe was going to be exiled again
    3. CHe realized that the optimates were just using him and they had no power so he joined those who did
    4. DHe couldn't be bothered to fight it any more

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A-Level Classics (Guide Sheet B) Quiz on Cicero and the First Triumvirate, created by Amy Le Grys on 05/01/2016.
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