Julius Ceaser
Gaius Julius Caesar was born on the 13th day of the month Quintilis, July in modern calendars, in the year 100 BC. His name was the same as his father's, with Gaius being his given name, and Julius being his surname. Caesar was the name for one branch of the Julian family, and originally meant "hairy." His family was not extremely wealthy, however they lived in relative comfort. Regardless of his background, he was well connected and did some important work for the government in his youth. When he was only 20 years old he was honored for bravery at the siege of Mytilene. A short time after that he left to study in Rhodes, but was captured and incarcerated by pirates on his way there. His family paid a ransom for his release. Caesar returned with a small private army to execute the pirates who had apprehended him. He never finished his studies due to the war with Mithradates VI of Pontis in 74 BC Caesar was a man of great strength and strong beliefs. At one point in time, Sulla told Caesar that he had to divorce his wife as a symbolic act of his loyalty to the new regime. Caesar told him no, and Sulla wa
As Caesar became more and more powerful, his situation worsened with the people, because he was not able to reward everybody to their expectations. He became active in both, and eventually became the central figure in religion and politics. Caesar's rise to power came in three main areas, politics, religion, and the military. He was appointed dictator for a year in 49 BC, and for two more years starting in 48 BC. This struck great fear in many of Rome's politicians, because they had no way of stopping Caesar from returning Rome to a monarchy. This left only Pompey and Caesar fighting for whom was in charge of the Triumvirate. Once he controlled the Senate he was able to control almost all of Roman Politics. This scared the Republic because they did not want to return to a monarchy, and instead wanted their republic to remain intact. In order to get across may of his reforms, he manipulated the government and the senate especially.
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