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Life of Julius Caesar

By GonzaloAnua
  • 100 BCE

    Birth

    Julius Caesar is born in Rome and is part of the julii family
  • 84 BCE

    Married and head of the family

    Married Cornelia Cinna and after his father died became the head of the family
  • 81 BCE

    First contact with war

    Served in the Roman army in Turkey
  • 77 BCE

    Lawyer

    Became a lawyer for two years and gained a name for the way he attacked and defended in court.
  • 75 BCE

    Kidnapped

    Captured by pirates and held to ransom while en route to Rhodes to learn the skills of public speaking. He was released after a month. Later in the same year he killed the pirates.
  • 65 BCE

    Aedile

    Served as aedile – responsibility for temples, buildings and the Games.
  • 62 BCE

    Praetor

    Served as Praetor- the commander of an army.
  • 61 BCE

    Governor

    Served as Governor of Spain
  • 60 BCE

    First Triumvirate

    Formed an unofficial alliance (first triumvirate) with Pompey and Crassus. In return for support Caesar would support measures that would benefit them.
  • 58 BCE

    Governor of Gaul

    Governor of Roman Gaul – He set about planning to conquer all of Gaul and his subsequent conquest is known as the Gallic Wars
  • 55 BCE

    Expedition to Britain

    Made an expedition to Britain, landed on the beach at Deal but was unable to progress further inland
  • 52 BCE

    End of the Gallic Wars

    The gauls were finally defeated in the battle of Alesia
  • 51 BCE

    Return to rome

    Ordered to return to Rome from the Gaul unarmed by Pompey
  • 49 BCE

    Start of the civil war

    Crossed the Rubicon river with his thirteenth legion and marched on Rome. The act is taken as a move of aggression taking Rome to Civil War
  • 48 BCE

    End of the Civil War

    After Defeating Pompey in Greece, he fleed to Egypt where Ptolemy XIII killed him in order to ask for support to Julius the Egyptian Civil War. However, Caesar was horrified by the murder of Pompey and decided to support Cleopatra instead of Ptolomy XIII.
  • 47 BCE

    Married with Cleopatra

    He fell in love with Cleopatra and married her
  • 46 BCE

    Dictator for 10 years

    Appointed Dictator of Rome for ten years
  • 44 BCE

    Vitalicious Dictator

    Appointed Dictator of Rome for life
  • 44 BCE

    Death

    Stabbed 23 times by a group of disgruntled senators.