Civil War
The river Caesar crossed to start the Civil War.
What is the Rubicon?
This was the person who led the senatorial forces against Caesar.
Who is Pompey?
This was the city where Cleopatra and Caesar met for the first time.
What is Alexandria?
This is the year that Caesar was appointed dictator for life.
What is 44BCE?
This is what happened on the Ides of March.
What is the assassination of Caesar?
The year the Civil War began.
What is 49 BCE?
The battle which saw Pompey's final defeat.
What is Pharsalus?
This is the name of Caesar and Cleopatra's son.
Who is Caesarion?
This was what Caesar wore that symbolised his permanent authority.
What is a laurel wreath and purple robe?
This is the person who delivered Caesar's famous funeral oration.
Who is Mark Antony?
This was the reason Caesar chose to march on Rome instead of surrender power.
What is the fear of prosecution and loss of honour?
This was the Senate's response to Caesar's growing power.
What is declaring him an enemy of the state?
This was how Rome reacted to Caesar's relationship with Cleopatra.
What is it fuelled accusations of depotism and foreign influence?
This was one major legal reform Caesar implemented.
What is revising debt laws and restructuring courts?
This was the immediate political issue following the death of Caesar.
What is a power struggle between Antony and Octavian?
This was the strategy that helped Caesar defeat Pompey at Pharsalus.
What is superior discipline and battlefield deception?
This was the reason so many senators ultimately supported the assassination plot.
What is a fear of monarchy and loss of power?
This is how Caesar displayed political pragmatism in Egypt.
What is restoring Cleopatra to the throne to secure grain supplies and regional control?
This is how Caesar's consolidation of power changed Rome's legal system.
What is shifting authority from the Senate to a single ruler, paving the way for imperial rule?
This is what happened to the conspirators of the assassination.
What is hunted down by Antony and Octavian and killed?
What is 'Alea iacta est' (The die is cast)?
How Caesar showed Clemency toward his enemies after the Civil War.
What is Caesar pardoned many of his enemies to consolidate power?
This is the year Caesar and Cleopatra's son was born.
What is 47BCE?
This is the religious title Caesar held before his death, reflecting his divine status.
What is Pontifex Maximus?
The event that immediately followed Caesar's assassination, marking political instability.
What is the break out of another civil war?