A final factor in setting the right tone is to determine the purpose of the essay. An author's purpose is the reason for writing. There are three main types of author's purpose: to persuade, to inform or to entertain. If you are trying to convince your reader to believe or to do something, then you are persuading.
Caesar ignored them and at the Battle of Munda, defeated Pompey. There were many civil wars during Rome in the first century B.C., as many high-ranking patricians such as consuls fought to be more powerful than each other.
He became Crassus partner serving in 70 BCE. Two years passed his consulship, Pompey was given and offer to lead a naval force to clear out the pirates in the Mediterranean Sea which was becoming increasingly problematic.