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-54 BC- Cesar was stuck in Gaul and couldn't return home because he would be prosecuted for his white-collar crimes.
   -Therefore, Caesar was declared an enemy of the state.
-Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius)- a notorious ladies' man and party animal, was elected tribune and fled to Caesar as a supporter.
   -Also served in the Roman legions in Syria and was a personal friend of Caesar's.
-Caesar then decided to lead his troops across the Rubicon River.  -"The die is cast!"
   -Only had 1 legion.
   -Rome freaked out, called on Pompey to save them with his forces in Hispania.  Pompey instead proposed to evacuate Rome, flee to Brundisium, and then sail to Greece and fight from there.
-Caesar then marched south to Rome, where he met little resistance.
   -Pompey and the Senate fled to Brundisium, sailing away before Caesar could catch them.
-Caesar then marched into Rome in 49 BC.  He met no resistance, but everyone knew that Caesar had committed treason, so his rule wasn't considered legit.
   -Caesar also had to raid the treasury to pay his troops, which pissed everyone off.
-Caesar then marched his troops off to go fight Pompey's troops in Hispania before he could properly mobilize them.
   -Caesar met a strong resistance from Pompey's army, but he was able to secure an alliance with the Celtiberian hordes in exchange to ease their burden of servitude for initially resisting Roman rule in the first place.
   -Finally, Pompey's forces surrendered to Caesar.  They were jealous of Caesar's relationship with his his men, in addition to their glory and wealth.
      -Many of them flocked to Caesar's army instead!
-Caesar then marched back to Italy.
   -As dictator, Caesar tried to quickly address Rome's economic problems (as opposed to getting revenge on his political enemies).
      -Caesar then resigned as dictator and appointed himself consul.
-Caesar then went off to Epirus with his legions to go crush Pompey and the Senate!