p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"In 60 BC, Caesar sought election as consul for 59 BC, along with two other candidates. The election was sordid – evenith his reputation for incorruptibility, is said to have resorted to bribery in favour of one of Caesar's opponents. Caesar won, along with consup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Caesar was already inpolitical debt, but he also made overtures. Pompey and Crassus had been at odds for a decade, so Caesar tried to reconcile them. The three of them had enough money and political influence to control public business. This informal alliance, known as en"), was cemented by the marriage of Pompey to Caesar's daughteCaesar also married again, this timho was the daughter of another powerful ssup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Caesar proposed a law for redistributing public lands to the poor—by force of arms, if need be—a proposal supported by Pompey and by Crassus, making the triumvirate public. Pompey filled the city with soldiers, a move which intimidated the triumvirate's opponents. Bibulus attempted to declare the omens unfavourable and thus void the new law, but he was driven from the forum by Caesar's armed supporters. His ad theiroken, two high magistrates accompanying him were wounded, and he had a bucket of excrement thrown over him. In fear of his life, he retired to his house for the rest of the year, issuing occasional proclamations of bad omens. These attempts proved ineffective in obstructing Caesar's legislatioer referred to the year as "the consulship of Julius and id="cite_ref-46" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"When Caesar was first elected, the aristocracy tried to limit his future power by allotting the woods and pastures of Italy, rather than thprovince, as his military command duty after his year in office whe help of political allies, Caesar later overturned this, and was instead appointed to govethern Italy) eastern Europe), witouthern France) later added, giving him command of four legions. The term of his governorship, and thus his immunity from prosecution, was set at five years, rather than the usual onWhen his consulship ended, Caesar narrowly avoided prosecution for the irregularities of his year in office, and quickly left for his provincesup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Caesar was already inpolitical debt, but he also made overtures. Pompey and Crassus had been at odds for a decade, so Caesar tried to reconcile them. The three of them had enough money and political influence to control public business. This informal alliance, known as en"), was cemented by the marriage of Pompey to Caesar's daughteCaesar also married again, this timho was the daughter of another powerful ssup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"Caesar proposed a law for redistributing public lands to the poor—by force of arms, if need be—a proposal supported by Pompey and by Crassus, making the triumvirate public. Pompey filled the city with soldiers, a move which intimidated the triumvirate's opponents. Bibulus attempted to declare the omens unfavourable and thus void the new law, but he was driven from the forum by Caesar's armed supporters. His ad theiroken, two high magistrates accompanying him were wounded, and he had a bucket of excrement thrown over him. In fear of his life, he retired to his house for the rest of the year, issuing occasional proclamations of bad omens. These attempts proved ineffective in obstructing Caesar's legislatioer referred to the year as "the consulship of Julius and id="cite_ref-46" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p
p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"When Caesar was first elected, the aristocracy tried to limit his future power by allotting the woods and pastures of Italy, rather than thprovince, as his military command duty after his year in office whe help of political allies, Caesar later overturned this, and was instead appointed to govethern Italy) eastern Europe), witouthern France) later added, giving him command of four legions. The term of his governorship, and thus his immunity from prosecution, was set at five years, rather than the usual onWhen his consulship ended, Caesar narrowly avoided prosecution for the irregularities of his year in office, and quickly left for his provincesup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;"/sup/p