A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar ... The two men were rivals but Caesar was able to bridge the gap between them and the three men formed the powerful ‘first triumvirate’.

On January 10, 49 B.C., on the banks of the Rubicon River in southern Gaul (near the modern-day city of Ravenna), Julius ... Caesar in 49 B.C. to pay for his wars against Pompey. Caesar was not ...