Julius Caesar

Q: What was Julius Caesar’s childhood like?

Julius Caesar's family was old Roman nobility , but they were not rich. His father died when he was 16, but he received significant support from his mother.

Q: How did Julius Caesar change the world?

Julius Caesar was a political and military genius who overthrew Rome’s decaying political order and replaced it with a dictatorship. He triumphed in the Roman Civil War but was assassinated by those who believed that he was becoming too powerful.

Q: How did Julius Caesar die?

Julius Caesar was murdered in the Roman Senate House by a group of nobles on March 15, 44 BCE. The assassination plot was led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus .

Q: How did Julius Caesar come to power?

Julius Caesar crafted an alliance with Marcus Licinius Crassus and Pompey to form the First Triumvirate and challenge the power of the Roman Senate. After Crassus's death, Caesar led his army into Italy, defeated Pompey, and claimed the title of dictator.

Roman ruler

Also known as: Gaius Julius Caesar

Written by Arnold Joseph Toynbee

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Born:: July 12, 100 BCE? or July 13, 100 BCE? Rome Italy

Died:: March 15, 44 BCE Rome Italy

Title / Office:: quaestor (65BC-69BC), ancient Rome curule aedile (63BC-65BC), ancient Rome praetor (62BC), ancient Rome consul (59BC), ancient Rome dictator (46BC-44BC), ancient Rome

Role In:: Battle of Alesia Battle of Pharsalus Gallic Wars Roman Civil War

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What was Julius Caesar’s childhood like?

How did Julius Caesar change the world?

How did Julius Caesar die?

How did Julius Caesar come to power?

Julius Caesar, in full Gaius Julius Caesar, (born July 12/13, 100? bce, Rome [Italy]—died March 15, 44 bce, Rome), celebrated Roman general and statesman, the conqueror of Gaul (58–50 bce), victor in the civil war of 49–45 bce, and dictator (46–44 bce), who was launching a series of political and social reforms when he was assassinated by a group of nobles in the Senate House on the Ides of March. Caesar changed the course of the history of the Greco-Roman world decisively and irreversibly. The Greco-Roman society has been extinct for so long that most of the names of its ...(100 of 5937 words)

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