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Gaius Julius Caesar
Quick Biography
• Name: Gaius Julius Caesar• Birth Day: July 12, 100BC• Death Date: March 15, 44BC
• Born in poverty• Mother had a C-Section (Caesarian is named
after him)• Family had lost most of its money through
Sulla (dictator)
• Caesar was married for the first time at 16. • Ordered by Sulla to divorce his wife• Refused• Left Rome until Sulla’s death
• Kidnapped by pirates– Argued with pirates
that he was worth more that what they were asking
– Demanded things from the pirates
– Taunted the pirates– When he finally was
released he went and had them crucified
Lover of the King
• Said throughout Rome Lover of the Asian king• He would be angry• Sleep with everyone he can to prove himself.
First Triumvirate
• Pompey the Great• Crassus• Julius Caesar
Reason for Triumvirate
• Needed to go to war for money
Gaul
• Modern day France and Belgium– Killed men and women and children– Cut off hands– Allowed men to rape/ pillage
Crossing the Rubricon
Civil War- Killing Pompey
Dictator for Life
Offer of the Crown
• Offered 3
Assassination
Marcus Junius Brutus (aka. Brutus)• Ancestor, Brutus the Stupid, is reported to have gotten
rid of the last king of Rome• Father was killed by Pompey the Great when he plotted
in a revolution.• He was an opponent of the First Triumvirate (Cassius,
Pompey and Julius Caesar)• Taken prisoner when civil war broke out and arrested by
Julius Caesar’s men. • Apologized to Julius Caesar and was pardoned.• Agreed to be involved in the assassination once Caesar
was offered the crown three times
Tillius Cimber (aka. Metellus Cimber)
• Initially one of Julius Caesar’s strongest supporters.
• Motivated by ambition• He is the one who signaled the attack by asking
for amnesty for his brother
Servilius Casca (aka. Casca)• He and his brother were close friends with Julius
Caesar.• He struck the first blow on Julius Caesar.• Elected Tribune of the Pleb at the time of the
assassination, he was quickly removed from office and fled.
• Eventually defeated with other conspirators by Marc Antony and Octavian, he probably committed suicide.
Gaius Cassius Longinus (aka. Cassius)
• The Outbreak of Civil War caused by Julius Caesar prevented him from being arrested on charges of extortion.
• Forgiven of his crimes by Julius Caesar• Promised an office by Caesar in Syria, he was
angry when it was given to someone else• After the assassination, he was defeated by
Marc Antony and he ordered one of his servants to kill him.
Lucius Cornelius Cinna (aka. Cinna)
• Brother of Julius Caesar’s first wife• Went against the dictator Sulla, he had difficulty
advancing in his career until Julius Caesar took over.
• Cinna strongly opposed the ambition and dictatorship of Julius Caesar.
• He did not play a role in Caesar’s assassination.
Gaius Trebonius (Aka. Trebonius)• One of Julius Caesars most trusted generals and
politicians• Became part of the conspiracy• His role in the conspiracy was to keep Marc
Antony out of the way of the assassination.
Quintus Ligarius (Ligarius)• Roman Soldier convicted of treason for having
opposed Julius Caesar in the war in Africa.• He was pardoned and allowed back into Rome
by Julius Caesar.• He did not forgive Julius Caesar for pardoning
him.• Friends with the other conspirators.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (Aka. Decius Brutus)
• Had been Julius Caesars protégé.• Given command of Julius Caesar’s fleet of ships• Named as second heir , next to Octavian, in
Julius Caesar’s will• Senate gave him troops to defeat Marc Antony,
but his soldiers deserted him for Octavian.• Trying to make his way to Marcus Brutus, he was
captured and killed by a Gallic chieftain on Marc Antony’s orders.
Funeral and The Will
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