Julius Caesar gained power by: murdering Tiberius and gaius Gracchus, overthrowing the Senate, defeating Pompey, or conquering Carthage?

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Overthrowing the senate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar May 11 07, 9:20 PM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_civil_war "Caesar wrote to the senate saying that he would give up his army if Pompey would give up his. The senate heard the letter with fury and demanded that Caesar disband his army at once or be declared an enemy of the people—an illegal bill, for Caesar was entitled to keep his army until his term was up. Another reason for Caesar's immediate want for another consulship was to delay his inevitable senatorial prosecutions waiting for him after retirement of his position. The prosecutions were loose accusations of war crimes throughout his campaigns in Gaul. Two tribunes faithful to Caesar, Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony) and Quintus Cassius Longinus vetoed the bill and were quickly expelled from the senate. They fled to Caesar, who assembled his army and asked for the support of the soldiers against the senate. The army called for action. In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome and disband his army because his term as Proconsul had finished. Moreover, the Senate forbade Caesar to stand for a second consulship in absentia. Caesar thought he would be prosecuted and politically marginalized if he entered Rome without the immunity enjoyed by a Consul or without the power of his army. Pompey accused Caesar of insubordination and treason." When Caesar crossed the Rubicon -- Pompey and his faction simply ran away from Rome. May 12 07, 5:26 AM