Julius Caesar History
Julius Caesar was born to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia on July 13 (or July 12) in 100 B.C. His mother was the daughter of Lucius Aurelius Cotta while his father belonged to the patrician family of the Julii, whose lineage can be traced back to the Goddess Venus and Romulus, the first Roman King. The roots of Julius Caesar ancestry are as old as the city itself. Caesar was the direct descendant of the Trojan Prince Aeneas, the son of Venus, and therefore claimed to be directly related to Gods. |
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Julius Caesar married thrice; first to Cornelia, daughter of Marius’ associate, second to Pompeia, a relative of Pompey, and finally to Calpurnia. The only child of Julius and Cornelia was Julia, who later married Pompey. Cornelia died while giving birth to a child in 67 B.C. Caesar’s second marriage with Pompeia ended in a divorce due to a scandal that happened during the Bona Dea rites. He finally married Calpurnia, daughter of Piso, in 59 BC. Julius Caesar had a son, named Caesarion, from his affair with Cleopatra. However, as his living son was illegitimate and not recognized officially, Octavian, his adopted nephew, became his immediate heir.
He started his political career as a quaestor in 69 B.C. At a young age, he managed to become Curule Aedile and then Pontifex Maximus in 65 B.C. He was made the Praetor in 62 B.C. and the consul in 59 B.C. After the end of consulship, he attacked Gaul to recover from financial crisis and was appointed as the proconsul in Gaul. He established a ‘Triumvirate’, a 3-way division of power, together with Crassus and Pompey.
He was also an incredible writer and historian. He authored several comprehensive journals, providing all the details of his military campaigns, including the Gallic and Civil Wars, in volumes named as Commentaries. The conspirators who feared that Caesar could become the King of Rome assassinated him on the Ides of March in 44 BC.
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