In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar

-Consulship elections were always a huge mess of bribery and corruption.
   -Caesar sought the support of 3 dudes:
      -Crassus- super-wealthy and already an ally.
      -Pompey- great military leader, but rival of Crassus.
      -Cicero- Rome's greatest orator and lawyer.
-Eventually, this led to the First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
-Caesar also sought a new wife- his ex-wife, Pompeia, was suspected of having an affair (even though Caesar was notorious for cheating all the time).
-One huge problem at this time also was Rome's huge poor people problem.
   -The rich patrician landowners just imported slaves to work their lands, so the common folk who normally farmed had no choice but to come to the cities to try and find work.
      -Caesar tried to remedy this problem by passing a bill allowing state-owned land to be opened up to the public to settle, and state funds would be used to purchase land from the sellers- this would be paid for with all the money Pompey brought in from the East.
          -However, Campania was exempt...Caesar did this to make a lot of the senators happy since that was where a lot of them lived.  However, the Senate still tried to block this bill because they were assholes and wanted to also prevent Caesar from becoming even more popular than he was already.
-Caesar told the Senate that he was going to pass bills via the People's Assembly if they weren't going to play ball, and that he also had the backing of Pompey and Crassus.
   -Caesar's co-consul told the Senate that he would do his best to block Caesar- however, he was assaulted by an angry mob and after that refused to leave his house.
-Caesar then announced that his land bill would now include Campania :D
-Caesar also passed legislation allowing Pompey to start annexing land in the East.
-Caesar then offered Pompey his daughter in marriage.
-Caesar then passed the Lex Julia- a huge bill written to combat corruption and extortion among government administrators.
   -This law would last until the Byzantine Empire!
-Meanwhile, Cicero began to break away from Caesar and oppose him.  He didn't like Caesar's strong-arm tactics and disregard for tradition.
-Caesar knew that once he was finished being consul and was back to private citizenship, he was fucked- so he just decided to continue his political career in the military!  Time go and conquer some shit!
   -Couldn't attack Egypt because they were a tributary state of Rome, and he didn't want to interrupt the money flow.
   -Didn't want to attack the East because Pompey was already attacking there (and the Parthians were also too tough).
   -Decided to attack the Gauls!  He was elected pro-consul of both Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul.
      -He just needed an excuse... he realized that the German and Celtic hordes were fighting each other, and that Celts had begun to flee and settle in Roman Gaul, which worked directly in his favor in terms of looking for a reason to attack.