| A | B |
|---|
| gaius julius caesar | famous roman dictator; alive 100-44 bc |
| aurelia | caesar's mother |
| gaius caesar | caesar's father |
| nobiles | families with consul ancestors |
| cornelia | caesar married at 15; daughter of cinna |
| julia | caesar's daughter with cornelia; later marries pompey |
| calphurnia | caesar's third wife; dreams of his death(statues bleeding; people drinking his blood) |
| lucius cornelius sullas | marius's optimate rival; dictator for two years |
| cinna | consul during sulla's absence; later rules with marius |
| octavius | consul during sulla's absence; soon overthrown |
| mithridates | king of pontus; fought sulla in asia |
| julia | marius's wife; caesar gave public speech at her funeral |
| corona civica | "civic crown" |
| apollonius molon | teacher of public speaking from rhodes |
| spartacus | thracian gladiator; rioted with 70000 slaves in 73bc |
| marcus bibulus | optimate; aedile, praetor, consul with caesar |
| subura | shopping and manufacturing area; caesar's birthplace |
| catilinarian conspiracy | plan to overthrow roman government |
| lucius sergius catiline | aristocrat sadist; led the catiline co |
| marcus porcius cato | optimat orator against caesar |
| filibuster | talking continuously to prevent voting; used by cato |
| bona dea | "good goddess";female ceremony every december |
| clodius | snuck into the bona dea; had an affair with caesar's wife, pompeia; later a pro caesar tribune |
| imperator | "commander"; title given to great generals |
| triumph | huge ceremony given for conquering a general |
| pomoerium | city boundary |
| publicani | tax collectors under private companies |
| first triumvirate | caesar, pompey, and crassus; formed in 60 bc |
| marcus licinius crassus | rich money lender; backed caesar |
| gnaeus pompeius magnus | aka pompey; experienced cheif |
| agrarian law | distribution of land amoung veterans of pompey |
| asian tax contract | lowering of asian taxes for crassus |
| acta diurna | "daily proceedings"; gazette sent to the provinces |
| further spain | caesar is quaestor 69 bc and governor 61 bc |
| gallic wars | 58-50 bc for control over gaul |
| cisalpine gaul and illyricum | caesar is governor 58-49 bc |
| commentaries | caesar's books written to the senate |
| aulus hirtius | caesar's secretary; wrote the last commentary |
| rhine river | eastern boundry of caesar's control |
| druids | holy gallic preists |
| woad | gallic blue face paint |
| luca | southern cisalpine gaul; first triumvirs meet april 56 bc |
| helvetii | migrates from switzerland; lost to caesar |
| aedui | gallic allies of rome |
| Ariovistus | German chief who attacked Aedui; lost to Caesar |
| Nervil | Nearly defeated Caesar, auxiliary troops saved |
| Veneti | Defeated Caesar's ships; tribe sold into slavery |
| Usipites & Tencteri | Defeated Caesar's cavalry; tribe murdered |
| Britain | Unsuccessful journey 55 BC; successful journey 54 BC |
| Eburones | Rebelled against Caesar's army; tribe burned |
| Vercingetorix | Leader of the Gallic revolt |
| Scorched earth | Strategy in starving the ROman army |
| Alesia | 52 BC hill-town siege; ended Gallic wars |
| Circumvaliation | Surrounding a city with walls to trap them |
| contravallation | surrounding camp with walls to prevent help |
| lilies | concealed sharpened stakes at the bottom of a pit |
| goads | small iron hooks fixed in the ground |
| twelfth legion | caesar's army |
| cival war | 50-45bc for caesars dictation |
