Son of Gaius Julius Caesar, III and Aurelia Cotta (Assassination by Marcus Junius Brutus, Tillius Cimber, Sevilius Casca and 60 others, stabbed 23 x) He was allowed to speak first at assembly meetings, and Roman coins bore his face."Divus Julius", "Imperator", "Patris Patriae", "Julius Caesar"
He stuffed the Senate with allies, and required the same body to grant him honors and titles. He also proved to be a benevolent victor by inviting some of his defeated rivals to join him in the government.īut Caesar was also careful to solidify his power and rule. In addition he resurrected two city-states, Carthage and Corinth, which had been destroyed by his predecessors, and he granted citizenship to a number of foreigners. He reformed the Roman calendar and reorganized how local government was constructed. He relieved debt and reformed the Senate by increasing its size and opening it up so that it better represented Romans as a whole. For Caesar and his countrymen, his rule proved instrumental in reforming Rome.He would serve just a year’s term before his assassination, but in that short period Caesar greatly transformed the empire. There, Caesar aligned himself with Cleopatra, with whom he had a son, Caesarion.Upon his return to Rome, Caesar was made dictator for life and hailed as the Father of his Country. By the end of 48 BC, Caesar had pushed his enemies out of Italy and pursued Pompey into Egypt, where he was eventually killed. With Pompey further aligning himself with nobility, and the nobility increasingly seeing Caesar as a national threat, civil war proved to be inevitable.But Pompey and his troops were no a match for Caesar and his military campaign.
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The Dictator Through a series of events, Caesar eventually went to war against Pompey, leading troops across the river Rubicon on January 10-11, 49 BC. Between 58 and 50 BC, Caesar conquered Gaul (nowadays France) and invaded Briton. Caesar refused and found escape in the military, serving first in the province of Asia and then in Cilicia.Ĭaesar had a drive to make Rome a large Empire, expansion was always on his mind. His marriage to Cornelia, the daughter of a noble, had drawn the ire of Rome’s dictator, Sulla, who ordered the young Roman to divorce his wife or risk losing his property. An element of disorder ruled the Republic, which had discredited its nobility and seemed unable to handle its considerable size and influence.Īt around the time of his father’s death, Caesar made a concerted effort to side with the country’s nobility. He remained close to his mother, Aurelia. When Caesar was 16 his father, Gaius Caesar, died.
While he hailed from Roman aristocrats, his family was far from rich.
It has long been disputed, it’s estimated that Julius Caesar was born in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 BC. So Gaius Julius Caesar is one of the most famous Roman Generals that ever lived, but not everything was smooth sailing for the guy. I’m sure you get the jist of the rest.but every great General needs a great walk in theme tune right? Rags to Riches Story He got in one little fight and they got scaredĮmperor said ‘You’re movin’ with your army to a place called Gaul’ Started making trouble in his neighborhood When a couple of tribes who were up to no good On the battlefield was where Julius spent most of his daysĪnd all shootin some arrows outside of the school I’ll tell you how Caesar became the Prince of a town called Bel Air Rome. This is a story of all about how an Empire got twisted upside downĪnd I’d like to take a minute just sit right there