January 1, 61, and enjoyed a well earned triumph. He was forty-five
years old, had accomplished a really great work, had founded several
cities which afterwards became centres of Greek life and civilization,
and was hailed as the conqueror of Spain, Africa, and Asia.

The rest of Pompey's life is closely connected with that of Caesar.
His wife, Julia, was Caesar's daughter, and thus far the relations
between the two men had been friendly.

Pompey's absence in the East was marked at Rome by the rise to
political importance of CAESAR and CICERO, and by the conspiracy of
CATILINE.




CHAPTER XXVII.

CAESAR.--CICERO.--VERRES.


The Caesars were a family belonging to the Julian _gens_, which
claimed descent from IÚLUS, the son of AENÉAS. Eight generations of
Caesars had held prominent places in the commonwealth. They had been
Consuls, Praetors, Censors, Aediles, and were aristocrats of the
moderate wing. The direct ancestry of GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR can be
traced no further back than his grandfather. This gentleman, of the
same name as the great Caesar, married Marcia, who claimed descent
from Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome. They had three children,
Gaius Julius, the father of the Dictator, Sextus Julius, and Julia,