Vestnik YarGU. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki. 2020. No 2 journal homepage: http://j.uniyar.ac.ru/index.php/vyrgu 18 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Did the Proconsul Caesar enter the City of Rome at the Beginning of 49 B. C.? R. M. Frolov 1 1 P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, 14 Sovetskaya str., Yaroslavl 150003, Russian Federation Research article Full text in Russian This paper argues that, in the frst months of 49 B. C., the proconsul Caesar did not enter Rome but remained near the city (ad urbem). He delivered speeches in the senate and in a contio, both legally convened for him outside the city limits. Our ancient sources do not allow us to conclude that Caesar entered Rome in order to organize right on the spot the emptying of the aerarium at the temple of Saturn on the forum or that he spent some time in the regia (likewise located in urbe). Thereby Caesar demonstrated his respect for republican regulations (according to which, a promagistrate lost his power upon entering Rome and, among other things, was not entitled to convene the senate). However, while avoiding the formal breach of these rules, the proconsul still attempted to control and direct the political processes in the city of Rome. Keywords: Roman republic; promagistrates; in urbe; ad urbem; pomerium; sphere domi INFORMATION ABOUT AUTHORS Frolov Roman M.. E-mail: frolovrm@yandex.ru Candidate of Sciences in History, Associate Professor Funding: The research for this article was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden). © Dementyeva V. V., 2020 HISTORY