Discord arises between Cæsar, now prætor, and Cato, tribune of the people.
60. First Triumvirate in Rome, formed of Pompey, Crassus, and Cæsar, equally dividing the power.
59. Consulship of Cæsar at Rome; he carries his agrarian law and ingratiates himself with the people; he is given the command in Gaul and Illyrium for five years.
58. Cæsar begins his campaigns in Gaul. See ["CÆSAR CONQUERS GAUL," ii, 267].
Cicero exiled from Rome; he had saved the Republic at the time of the Catiline conspiracy, but had broken the constitution, which forbade capital punishment without the sentence of the assembly of the people.
57. The Belgae conquered by Cæsar.
Cicero recalled to Rome.
56. Roman conquest of Aquitaine.
55. Cato is imprisoned for opposing the vote giving the triumvirs five more years in their respective provinces: Pompey in Spain; Cæsar in Gaul; Crassus in Syria. The triumvirs meet at Lucca.
Caesar's first expedition into Britain. See ["ROMAN INVASION AND CONQUEST OF BRITAIN," ii, 285].