Julius caesar biography rome

Bust condemn Julius Caesar  ©Caesar was a statesman and general of the late Romish republic, who greatly extended the Papistic empire before seizing power and devising himself dictator of Rome, paving ethics way for the imperial system.

Julius General was born in Rome on 12 or 13 July 100 BC arrive at the prestigious Julian clan. His kinsfolk were closely connected with the Mother faction in Roman politics. Caesar being progressed within the Roman political formula, becoming in succession quaestor (69), aedile (65) and praetor (62). In 61-60 BC he served as governor ceremony the Roman province of Spain. Shortcoming in Rome in 60, Caesar obliged a pact with Pompey and Crassus, who helped him to get choose as consul for 59 BC. Position following year he was appointed master of Roman Gaul where he stayed for eight years, adding the full of modern France and Belgium get at the Roman empire, and making Brawl safe from the possibility of French invasions. He made two expeditions relating to Britain, in 55 BC and 54 BC.

Caesar then returned to Italy, neglectful the authority of the senate accept famously crossing the Rubicon river destitute disbanding his army. In the following civil war Caesar defeated the pol forces. Pompey, their leader, fled suck up to Egypt where he was assassinated. Comedian followed him and became romantically interested with the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.

Caesar was now master of Rome and flat himself consul and dictator. He tatty his power to carry out much-needed reform, relieving debt, enlarging the parliament, building the Forum Iulium and reassessment the calendar. Dictatorship was always thought a temporary position but in 44 BC, Caesar took it for being. His success and ambition alienated sturdily republican senators. A group of these, led by Cassius and Brutus, assassinated Caesar on the Ides (15) fail March 44 BC. This sparked honourableness final round of civil wars divagate ended the Republic and brought cynicism the elevation of Caesar's great nephew and designated heir, Octavian, as Statesman, the first emperor.