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Abstract

This article aims to elucidate the meaning of Caesar' early career(86-60 B.C). Until now Caesar was recognized as a Popuralis from the start who succeeded Marian tradition. He was a nephew of Marius who contested power with Sulla, a leader of optimates, and so he seemed to be born as a Popuralis. In 84 B.C. Caesar, a sixteen year youth, married Cornellia, daughter of Cinna who was also a leader of Populares. But when Sulla returned to Rome, and opened a reign of terror, 82 B.C. Sulla wanted to make Caesar his man. So he forced Caesar put away his wife Cornellia, but young Caesar refused the demand of Sulla and flighted from Rome. But that episode, recorded by ancien authors, especially Suetonius and Plutarchos, is retrospective and exaggerated information. Of course, when Caesar, Pompey and Crassus established the so called first triumvirate, 60 B.C. Caesar was a leader of Populares, both nominally and virtually. On 48 B.C. he finally defeated Pompey, a last optimates' leader, and became a champion in Roman politics. Caesar disregarded Roman senate and patricians, and had a country under his despotic rule. In January 44 B.C. Caesar was voted the Dictatorship for life. But two months later he was killed by Republican nobles. liberators. When we investigated his early careers, we would find that Caesar was also like other Roman patricians, an republican politician who received the aid of many optimates for getting power in early career(86-60 B.C.). This paper described “How young Caesar could be a triumvirator by the help of optimates and populares for early career, and finally become the sole popularis leader”