Julius Caesar: The Life and Legacy of Rome’s Greatest Leader


Full Name: Gaius Julius Caesar
Known AS: Julius Caesar
Nickname: Caesar

Father: Gaius Caesar (d. 85 BC)
Mother: Aurelia
Wife: Cornelia Cinnilla (m. 84 BC, d. 68 BC)
Wife: Pompeia Sulla (m. 67 BC, div. Dec-63 BC)
Wife: Calpurnia Pisonis (m. 59 BC)
Daughter: Julia Caesaris (d. 54 BC)
Son: Ptolemy XV Caesar
Son: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

Date of Birth: 13 July 100 BC
Birth Place: Rome, Italy

Date of Death: 15 March 44 BC (aged 55)
Death Place: Curia of Pompey, Rome, Italy
Cause of Death: Assassination
Remains/Greave: Buried, Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy

Gender: Male
Religion: Pagan
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Head of State, Roman Dictator, Poet Roman Dictator: 45 BC to 44 BC.
Nationality: Ancient Rome.

Major writings: Commentarii de Bello Gallico; Commentarii de Bello Civili, De Bello Alexandrino; De Bello Africo; The conquest of Gaul; The Civil War; De Bello Hispaniensis; Seven commentaries on the Gallic War; Rome's Enemies (2): Gallic and British Celts.

Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC-15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, Consul, and notable author of Latin prose who overthrew the Roman Republic and established the rule of the emperors. He applied for a critical role in the events that worked as crystal rectifiers to the end of the Roman Republic and also the rise of the Roman Empire. Caesar Augustus was his adoptive son.

Early life: Julius Caesar was born on 13 July 100 BC in Rome, Italy. His family was one of the aristocratic families in Rome. Like most young men of noble birth, Caesar became an officer in the Roman Army. In 85 BC, he lost his father. He remained close to his mother, Aurelia. He married Cornelia, the daughter of Rome's dictator Sulla who commanded Caesar to divorce his wife or risk losing his property. Caesar refused and moved to Asia and then to Cilicia. After the death of Sulla, he returned to Rome to begin his career in politics as a prosecuting advocate.

Personal Life: Julius Caesar married three times. First, he married Cornelia Cinnilla in 84 BC, daughter of Sulla who died in 68 BC. Then he married Pompeia. Last, Caesar married Calpurnia Pisonis in 59 BC who was until his death. He had one daughter and two sons named Ptolemy XV Caesar and Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.

Later life: In 63 BC, Julius Caesar ran for election to the post of Pontifex Maximus, chief priest of the Roman state religion and he won comfortably. In 61-60 BC, he became governor of the Roman province of Spain. In 59 BC, he was elected as consul with the support of Pompey. Over the next 15 years, he led Roman armies in opposition to opponents abroad, particularly inside Gaul, while fighting Pompey and others for political control at home. In 45 BC, he arrived at his ultimate achievement, being named dictator of Rome for life. That rule was short-lived: the next year he was assassinated in the Senate by a group led by Marcus Brutus. Caesar's life and death were dramatized in the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was buried at Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy.