Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

Narrator: In Rome, the annual election of the two consuls who lead the senate is imminent.

Caesar's plan is simple-- use the collective might of the Triumvirate to once again sway the voting public, but this time, Pompey and Crassus would become co-consuls, giving them the power to deliver what each of them wants.

Haley, voice-over: Pompey feels that if he can be consul, the leading politician and statesman in the city of Rome, he will gain the respect of the senate.

Santangelo, voice-over: And Crassus realizes that the consulship and provincial command afterwards for a major military undertaking will bring him the sort of outstanding status that he feels entitled to.

Holland, voice-over: What does Caesar want in return?

He wants an extension of his command, and he wants that firstly so that he can complete his conquest of Gaul, but also because the longer he has his command, the longer he is immune to prosecution back in Rome.

Haley, voice-over: The meeting at Luca is unprecedented.

Three men meeting secretly, deciding the future of the Roman republic goes against the idea of a republican form of government.

Holland, voice-over: It's hard to think of any parallel in our democracy to what happens at Luca, its convergence of rival Mafia bosses.

It's the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin coming together to carve up Gotham City.

Narrator: The Triumvirate agree to renew their alliance and combine their powers.

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