Where we left off in the last video, we saw Julius Caesar had conquered Gaul as pro-council. And near the end of his term as pro-council, the senators in Rome were afraid of him. He was this popular, populist, charismatic figure. He had just had these significant military victories in Gaul and they said, alright Caesar, why don't you just leave your position, leave your army, and return to Rome? Well Caesar is sitting over here saying, well that doesn't really make a lot of sense. If I were to just return to Rome, they already are threatened by me. Who knows what they're going to do to me?