14 фев 88 г. до нашей эры - Civil wars, Death of Ceasar, end of the Republic

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Julius Ceaser was assinated by about 40 roman senatorsAfter distinguishing himself in the east as a soldier and orator, Caesar returned to Rome in 73 BCE to assume the duties of a pontifex, an important Roman priest. He now also began his climb through the cursus honorum (the chain of Roman offices that characterized the careers of politically ambitious Roman elites). He was first elected military tribune, an office with combined military and political functions, and in 69 became quaestor, the lowest office of the cursus honorum. Before setting out to the provinces to take up his duties, however, both Caesar's wife and his Aunt Julia, Marius' wife, died. Caesar used their deaths to fulfill propagandistic ends, endearing himself to many Roman citizens by breaking a long tradition of women not receiving public funerals. He held lavish funerals for both, in which he noted their aristocratic lineage and the significant role Cinna and Marius had played in the Roman Republic. That public praise of Cinna and Marius was an important step in defining Caesar's politics, as it angered the Optimates and positioned Caesar with the Populares.