Julius Caesar: Military And Political Strength

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was opposed by the
reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen
dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. Caesar marriage in 84 BC to
Cornelia, the daughter of Marius's associate was a political match. When Lucius
Cornelius Sulla, Marius's enemy and leader of the Optimates, was made dictator
in 82 BC, he issued a list of enemies to be executed. Caesar was not harmed but
he was ordered by Sulla to divorce Cornelia. Caesar refused that order and left
Rome he did not return until Sulla's resignation in 78 BC. At the age of 22
Caesar was unable to gain office and went to Rhodes where he studied rhetoric.
In 73 BC he returned to Rome as very persuasive speaker. The year before,
while still absent, he had been elected pontificate, an important college of
Roman priests.
Julius Caesar's Middle Life was full of wars, political intrigue and
shifting of fortunes. Caesar's first and one of the biggest political moves was
when he helped Pompey ...

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