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====Impact of the Conquest on Roman Politics====
[[File: Siege-alesia-vercingetorix-jules-cesar.jpg |thumbnail|250px300px|left|Julius Cesar receiving the surrender of the Gallic leader after Alesia]]
The first and most immediate consequence of the war was that it upset the balance of power in Rome. The First Triumvirate was a political arrangement between Pompey, Crassus and Cesar. This arrangement allowed the three most powerful men in Rome to achieve their respective goals. However, Crassus was killed in an ill-advised invasion of Parthia.<ref> Plutarch. <i>The Life of Crassus</i>. 5</ref> This left Pompey and Cesar as the two most powerful men in Rome.
