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Members of the Senate, people of Rome, today I have gathered you here so we can share in what is my victory, and soon to be yours. I have recently been named dictator of Rome, an honor which is beyond me, and quite possibly the greatest honor anyone has ever been given. I would like to take a moment to reflect on what has lead up to this wondrous day, as I prepare to cradle Roman society in my very arms. I could not have ascended to this power by myself, no. I believe that I was brought into this world with the light of gods beaming down upon me, and the blood of gods coursing through my veins. My Patrician family, who are direct descendants of the love goddess Venus, have given me the best possible chance of success in this world. The untimely …show more content…

Later that year, I travelled to Spain to pay my final respects to my Aaunt Julia and to console my family, deep in mourning. After my return I sat comfortably as quaestor, before winning the election for the post of Pontifex Maximus, a position of religious prestige which held a lifetime of honor inwithin itself. At about that time I found myself in a fair amount of political debt to Crassus and Pompey, other dominant leaders of the time. I reconciled my debt and brought the three of us us three together in one of the most significant moments in the history of Rome: the monumentally by formationforming formation of the First Triumvirate, a rule of three men whose minds were set on shaping a better Rome together. That Alliance was instrumental in reforming Rome, but was abruptly ended with Crassus’s death during a battle in Syria. This caused Pompey to turn against me, and eventually lead us into yet another civil war. In what proved to be a decisive an extensive victory, I lead my troops across the river Rubicon, and pursued Pompey and his army out of Rome to Egypt, where we crushed them underfoot and struck down Pompey with a blow heard for miles. My return consisted of the final days that have lead up to this moment. WithUpon my feet being back on Roman soil, I was named Ddictator of this great city

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