Los enemigos de César

In the middle of the 1st century BC. C. Rome was the greatest power in the Mediterranean area. However, the continuous expansion and conquest, demographic and economic growth and the crisis of the state model had fragmented Roman society, greatly increasing social polarization. The Senate was divided with the appearance of two factions: the popular ones, who represented the reformist faction that was committed to expanding citizenship to the new subjects of Rome and providing greater democratization to the institutions, by increasing the power of the assemblies; and the optimates, a conservative aristocratic faction that wanted to limit the power of the popular assemblies and increase the power of the Senate. Between the years 49 and 45 a. C. a new military conflict took place led by the personal confrontation of Julius Caesar against the traditionalist and conservative faction of the Senate, led militarily by Gnaeus Pompey the Great. Caesar's enemies tried to destroy him politically because of his growing popularity among the plebs and his increased power from his achievements in Gaul. That is why they tried to take away the command of governor of these provinces, to later judge him, unleashing a serious political crisis that flooded the streets of Rome with political violence. Julius Caesar responded with the famous crossing of the Rubicon River with his troops, towards Italy, thus beginning what is known as the Second Civil War, which would put an end to the Roman Republic.