Lucius Licinius Lucullus (/ lj uː ˈ k ʌ l ə s /; 118 –57/56 BC) was a Roman general and statesman, closely connected with Lucius Cornelius Sulla.In culmination of over 20 years of almost continuous military and government service, he conquered the eastern kingdoms in the course of the Third Mithridatic War, exhibiting extraordinary generalship in diverse situations, …

The First Triumvirate was an informal political alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic: Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Licinius Crassus.The constitution of the Roman republic had many veto points. In order to bypass constitutional obstacles and force through the political goals of the three men, they forged in …

Marcus Licinius Crassus (/ ˈ k r æ s ə s /; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.He is often called "the richest man in Rome." Crassus began his public career as a military commander under Lucius Cornelius Sulla during his civil war.Following Sulla's assumption of the …

The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars.This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy.It was particularly alarming to Rome because its military seemed powerless to suppress it.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (/ ˈ s ʌ l ə /; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.. Sulla had the distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as reviving the dictatorship.A gifted and innovative general, he …

Early life. A member of the plebeian Antonia gens, Antony was born in Rome [failed verification] on 14 January 83 BC. His father and namesake was Marcus Antonius Creticus, son of the noted orator Marcus Antonius who had been murdered during the purges of Gaius Marius in the winter of 87–86 BC. His mother was Julia, a third cousin of Julius Caesar.Antony was an infant at the …

Marcus Porcius Cato "Uticensis" ("of Utica"; / ˈ k eɪ t oʊ /; 95 BC – April 46 BC), also known as Cato the Younger (Latin: Cato Minor), was an influential conservative Roman senator during the late Republic.His conservative principles were focused on the preservation of what he saw as old Roman values in decline. A noted orator and a follower of Stoicism, his scrupulous honesty …

Marcus Tullius Cicero (/ ˈ s ɪ s ə r oʊ / SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːr.kʊs ˈtʊl.lʲi.jʊs ˈkɪ.kɛ.roː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on ...

The censor (at any time, there were two) was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances.. The power of the censor was absolute: no magistrate could oppose his decisions, and only another censor who succeeded him could cancel those decisions.

Nobilior was replaced in the following year (152 BC) by Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC). He in turn was succeeded in 150 BC by Lucius Licinius Lucullus, who was distinguished by his cruelty and infamy. In 147 BC, a new Lusitanian leader named Viriathus rebelled against the Roman forces.