Desperate to avoid potential litigation, Caesar calls on his allies, Crassus and Pompey, to meet him in the Italian town of Luca in 56 BC. During Caesar’s absence in Gaul, Crassus and Pompey’s ...

Pompey was a war hero who had been badly treated by the Senate, while Crassus was a multimillionaire. The two men were rivals but Caesar was able to bridge the gap between them and the three men ...

Without Crassus to balance power, tensions between Caesar and Pompey increased, and in January 49 B.C. Caesar led his troops across the Rubicon River (the boundary of northern Italy) and marched ...

After Crassus was killed on a military expedition in 53BC relations became increasingly strained between Pompey and Caesar. To make matters worse, the senators in Rome backed Pompey in a bid to ...

Caesar made the political prime time at around age 40 by forging the First Triumvirate with Pompey the Great, noted general and statesman, and Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of Rome’s richest men ...

Caesar, rich from Gaul and protected by loyal legions, did not need Crassus’s money anymore. Pompey, after a triumph through the streets of Rome parading giant golden statues and his own head in ...

Crassus was already dead; Pompey died miserably after Caesar’s legions tore his army to pieces at Pharsalia. Caesar, “voted” dictator, was king in all but name.

The city of Lleida seen from the location of the ancient Ilerda. Credit: Josepcat / Wikimedia Commons They insisted on demanding the dissolution of the army and his return to Rome to stand trial, ...

Episode 2: “Veni Vidi Vici” premieres Tuesday, April 9 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV - Caesar has brokered an uneasy alliance with the two other most powerful men in the Republic, Pompey and Crassus ...