| A | B |
|---|
| Civic Crown | awarded for bravery in battle |
| Pirates | kidnapped Caesar; later caught and executed by him |
| Cursus Honorum | course of political offices leading to consul |
| Quaestor | first office of Cursus Honorum-financial responsibilities |
| Aedile | second office of Cursus Honorum-responsible for public buildings, games, sanitation |
| Praetor | third office of Cursus Honorum-judge |
| First Triumvirate | formed with Pompey and Crassus for the benefit of all three |
| Cicero | conservative who tried to preserve the Republic; refused to join the First Triumvirate |
| Governor of Gaul | planned to conquer all of Gaul |
| Expeditions | to Germany and Britain |
| Clodius, Cicero, Cato, and Bibulus | opposed to Caesar |
| Death of Crassus | killed in battle with Parthians |
| 51 BCE | Pompey controls Senate; ordered Caesar to return to Rome because his term as senator had ended |
| 49 BCE | Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his army, an act of war |
| Pharsalus | battle between Caesar and Pompey; Caesar wins |
| Pompey | flees to Egypt where he is beheaded |
| Alexandria | Caesar's headquarters |
| Cleopatra | Caesar's lover--delivers baby Caesarion |
| Octavian | Caesar's nephew and heir |
| 44 BCE | appointed dictator |
| Ides of March, 44 BCE | Caesar stabbed 23 times by senators |
