4th rel.

Answer ONE of the following questions , writing roughly 3 1/2-5 pages for your answer.  Your submissions should be 12pt font double spaced.  Use both of your textbooks (as well as any files/lectures provided on Canvas) to answer the question (if you are using any other outside sources, make sure that they are academic/peer-reviewed ones).  Use your own words, and make sure to cite your sources. Your submission must use at least two (2) secondary sources (i.e. articles/textbooks of an academic caliber) and one (1) primary source (i.e. a source written at the time such as Livy, Caesar, Polybius, etc.).

• Discuss the causes, course of, and failure of the Catilinarian Conspiracy. What trends at Rome allowed it to come about? 
• Discuss the formation of the First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. Why was it formed?  Did it achieve its immediate goals?