Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was a war hero who had been badly treated by the Senate, while Crassus was a multimillionaire.

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. And when he fell, four years ...

An ever more unequal society loses its links to democracy. Wealth is good. Excess wealth distorts. Those were the lessons of the last years of the Roman republic 2000 years ago. They are still ...

Caesar has brokered an uneasy alliance with the two other most powerful men in the Republic – Pompey and Crassus. Between them, they dominate the political system, and Caesar appears untouchable.

But Caesar’s successes in Gaul strained relations with Pompey and Crassus. When Crassus died in 53 B.C.E., Pompey sided with Caesar’s opponents – of which there were many in the Roman Senate.

Crassus craved the adulation of a triumph – a victory procession through Rome – which he had seen his father win and which had burnished the names of his rivals, Pompey and Caesar, in a way in ...

No wonder Pompey is called “The Great” and Crassus ... of a much younger competitor — Julius Caesar. While backing Caesar, Crassus also sees in him a painful reminder that only military ...

While Crassus and Pompey are notoriously long-term enemies, both of them see the benefit of unifying their collective power. To officially solidify his alliance with Pompey, Caesar marries his ...

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, and the trio dominate the political system.