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I will be taking the test from 8:00 A.M. to 8:50 A.M. on June 2.

The government kept the plebeians alive and distracted by feeding them bread and by giving them circuses, or entertainment. Tiberius Gracchus was able to see how pleasing the plebeians could help him, but he was ultimately unsuccessful. Military generals ended up using this idea though, they had an army that would conquer the lands and share in their riches. This kept the soldiers more loyal to their commanders however, and not the Roman Republic. Julius Cesar was a highly successful general who lived from 100 - 44 B.C., he conquered lots of Gaul. He appeased the commoners while also forming alliances in high places, such as Crassus and Pompey, they went on to form the first triumvirate. Cesar began to gain more and more power, he served on consul for one year and then appointed himself as governor of Gaul. Pompey then became very jealous, to the point that they became enemies, and their armies fought in Greece, Asia, Spain, and Egypt with Cesar eventually winning. In 44 B.C. he was named dictator for six months and then for life. His reforms included granting citizenship ship to people living in provinces, expanding the senate (adding friends), creating  jobs for the poor mainly through public work projects, increased soldiers pays, and made colonies where people without land could own land. He was then assassinated because the senators felt that his rising power was a huge threat,  they killed him by luring him into the senate and stabbing him 23 times. Evan Brute orchestrated it and none of the guilty party were punished for their crimes. Octavian was named his sole heir and this essentially marked the end of the Roman republic.