Professor Catherine Steel

And so we can see how that kind of aspect of Caesar can lead to the generation of stories about his mild non-bloodthirsty temper earlier on.

And so we can see how that kind of aspect of Caesar can lead to the generation of stories about his mild non-bloodthirsty temper earlier on.

And so we can see how that kind of aspect of Caesar can lead to the generation of stories about his mild non-bloodthirsty temper earlier on.

It is. I mean, so in 70, probably in 70, there's a little bit of debate about the dating. He stands for the Cresta ship. which is the most junior of the offices in the cursus honorum, that is the sequence of offices that you hold at Rome, which leads to membership of the Senate.

It is. I mean, so in 70, probably in 70, there's a little bit of debate about the dating. He stands for the Cresta ship. which is the most junior of the offices in the cursus honorum, that is the sequence of offices that you hold at Rome, which leads to membership of the Senate.

It is. I mean, so in 70, probably in 70, there's a little bit of debate about the dating. He stands for the Cresta ship. which is the most junior of the offices in the cursus honorum, that is the sequence of offices that you hold at Rome, which leads to membership of the Senate.

There are other more junior elected offices, but the priestesship is the one that makes you automatically, by this point, after Sulla, a senator.

There are other more junior elected offices, but the priestesship is the one that makes you automatically, by this point, after Sulla, a senator.

There are other more junior elected offices, but the priestesship is the one that makes you automatically, by this point, after Sulla, a senator.

Oh, yeah. Sulu actually, he resigns and goes back to private life. Dies fairly soon afterwards, but of natural causes. Whereas, of course, when Caesar becomes dictator, he's never going to give it up, which itself becomes a problem. Yes, so Sulu is out of the way. And the res publica has re-established itself, at least to obvious sight. We are back with elected office.

Oh, yeah. Sulu actually, he resigns and goes back to private life. Dies fairly soon afterwards, but of natural causes. Whereas, of course, when Caesar becomes dictator, he's never going to give it up, which itself becomes a problem. Yes, so Sulu is out of the way. And the res publica has re-established itself, at least to obvious sight. We are back with elected office.

Oh, yeah. Sulu actually, he resigns and goes back to private life. Dies fairly soon afterwards, but of natural causes. Whereas, of course, when Caesar becomes dictator, he's never going to give it up, which itself becomes a problem. Yes, so Sulu is out of the way. And the res publica has re-established itself, at least to obvious sight. We are back with elected office.

We have two councils every year. The last remaining bits of the civil wars are being dealt with.

We have two councils every year. The last remaining bits of the civil wars are being dealt with.

We have two councils every year. The last remaining bits of the civil wars are being dealt with.

It takes quite a long time, not within Italy itself, but one, I think I mentioned Sertorius, he's one of the men who held office in the mid-80s, one of Sulla's opponents, and he leaves Italy for Spain, well, Hispania, the Iberian Peninsula, where he sets up an alternative state, which lasts the best part of a decade. So he gathers to himself men who've been prescribed and have got out of Italy.

It takes quite a long time, not within Italy itself, but one, I think I mentioned Sertorius, he's one of the men who held office in the mid-80s, one of Sulla's opponents, and he leaves Italy for Spain, well, Hispania, the Iberian Peninsula, where he sets up an alternative state, which lasts the best part of a decade. So he gathers to himself men who've been prescribed and have got out of Italy.

It takes quite a long time, not within Italy itself, but one, I think I mentioned Sertorius, he's one of the men who held office in the mid-80s, one of Sulla's opponents, and he leaves Italy for Spain, well, Hispania, the Iberian Peninsula, where he sets up an alternative state, which lasts the best part of a decade. So he gathers to himself men who've been prescribed and have got out of Italy.

I mean, his own army, he's taken over. So there are Roman citizens there. There are quite a lot of Roman citizens based in Hispania by now. And he basically establishes an alternative locus of power and negotiates with Mithridates, who, despite Sulla's claims to have won a great victory, is still surprisingly, yes, king of Pontus. And dealing with Sertorius actually takes quite a long time.

I mean, his own army, he's taken over. So there are Roman citizens there. There are quite a lot of Roman citizens based in Hispania by now. And he basically establishes an alternative locus of power and negotiates with Mithridates, who, despite Sulla's claims to have won a great victory, is still surprisingly, yes, king of Pontus. And dealing with Sertorius actually takes quite a long time.