Professor Catherine Steel

They make for a good show, right? And as I say, Caesar will subsequently be aedile in the mid-60s. He holds the office with a man called Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, who will be Caesar's colleague as consul in 59. And one of the really interesting things, I think, about Roman political life is if you're a boy in a political family, you're going to know

They make for a good show, right? And as I say, Caesar will subsequently be aedile in the mid-60s. He holds the office with a man called Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, who will be Caesar's colleague as consul in 59. And one of the really interesting things, I think, about Roman political life is if you're a boy in a political family, you're going to know

They make for a good show, right? And as I say, Caesar will subsequently be aedile in the mid-60s. He holds the office with a man called Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, who will be Caesar's colleague as consul in 59. And one of the really interesting things, I think, about Roman political life is if you're a boy in a political family, you're going to know

very early on who your likely rivals are because of the way that eligibility for office is dependent on age and there's considerable cachet in holding the office as early as you possibly can. So you're kind of looking around the schoolroom and thinking... Who's going to be my rival?

very early on who your likely rivals are because of the way that eligibility for office is dependent on age and there's considerable cachet in holding the office as early as you possibly can. So you're kind of looking around the schoolroom and thinking... Who's going to be my rival?

very early on who your likely rivals are because of the way that eligibility for office is dependent on age and there's considerable cachet in holding the office as early as you possibly can. So you're kind of looking around the schoolroom and thinking... Who's going to be my rival?

Yeah, I'm going to be standing in the same area. Anyway, although they are ostensibly colleagues as Edile, and we're jumping ahead a bit, but it may be worth tossing in, and therefore collaborate on everything they do, nobody pays any attention to Publius. It's all about Caesar.

Yeah, I'm going to be standing in the same area. Anyway, although they are ostensibly colleagues as Edile, and we're jumping ahead a bit, but it may be worth tossing in, and therefore collaborate on everything they do, nobody pays any attention to Publius. It's all about Caesar.

Yeah, I'm going to be standing in the same area. Anyway, although they are ostensibly colleagues as Edile, and we're jumping ahead a bit, but it may be worth tossing in, and therefore collaborate on everything they do, nobody pays any attention to Publius. It's all about Caesar.

To the extent that they... I think the story is that they're like the Temple of Castor and Pollux, which everybody just calls the Temple of Castor. So they're a pair, but Caesar just mops up all the credit and popularity.

To the extent that they... I think the story is that they're like the Temple of Castor and Pollux, which everybody just calls the Temple of Castor. So they're a pair, but Caesar just mops up all the credit and popularity.

To the extent that they... I think the story is that they're like the Temple of Castor and Pollux, which everybody just calls the Temple of Castor. So they're a pair, but Caesar just mops up all the credit and popularity.

Yeah. We're not quite sure how Caesar manages to scoop up all the credit. I mean, I think it must partly be to do with charisma and his ability to present himself as a politician, to create that kind of appearance of rapport with the Roman people. But money is really important, and some of it will have been Bivulis'. Very little of it actually is likely to be Caesar's.

Yeah. We're not quite sure how Caesar manages to scoop up all the credit. I mean, I think it must partly be to do with charisma and his ability to present himself as a politician, to create that kind of appearance of rapport with the Roman people. But money is really important, and some of it will have been Bivulis'. Very little of it actually is likely to be Caesar's.

Yeah. We're not quite sure how Caesar manages to scoop up all the credit. I mean, I think it must partly be to do with charisma and his ability to present himself as a politician, to create that kind of appearance of rapport with the Roman people. But money is really important, and some of it will have been Bivulis'. Very little of it actually is likely to be Caesar's.

It's going to be the men who were lending money to Caesar. Because one of the things that we are consistently told about Caesar is that he's heavily in debt. So he's borrowing money in order to finance his career. Now, we need to contextualize this, partly because people don't tend to go around lending money without security in Rome.

It's going to be the men who were lending money to Caesar. Because one of the things that we are consistently told about Caesar is that he's heavily in debt. So he's borrowing money in order to finance his career. Now, we need to contextualize this, partly because people don't tend to go around lending money without security in Rome.

It's going to be the men who were lending money to Caesar. Because one of the things that we are consistently told about Caesar is that he's heavily in debt. So he's borrowing money in order to finance his career. Now, we need to contextualize this, partly because people don't tend to go around lending money without security in Rome.

So we're probably talking about liquidity issues rather than actual impoverishment. But Cicero certainly owes a lot of money, which is borrowed against property that may not be very liquid. We just don't, I think, have good evidence about how the Iuli Caesare's family wealth matched up against other families.

So we're probably talking about liquidity issues rather than actual impoverishment. But Cicero certainly owes a lot of money, which is borrowed against property that may not be very liquid. We just don't, I think, have good evidence about how the Iuli Caesare's family wealth matched up against other families.