Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history
of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created
a strong empire . What happened during his early political career? How did he become such a
strong dictator of the Roman Empire? What events led up to the making of the first triumvirate?
How did he rise over the other two in the triumvirate and why did he choose to take over? What
happened during his reign as dictator of Rome? What events led up to the assassination of
Caesar? What happened after he was killed? Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire
because of his strength and his strong war strategies.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in
Rome's transition from republic to empire. When he was young Caesar lived through one of the
most horrifying decades in the history of the city of Rome. The city was assaulted twice and
captured by Roman armies, first in 87 BC by the leaders of the populares, his uncle Marius and
Cinna. Cinna was killed the year that Caesar had married Cinna's daughter Cornelia. The second
attack upon the city was carried our by Marius' enemy Sulla, leader of the optimates, in 82 BC
on the latter's return from the East. On each occasion the massacre of political opponents was
followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the
reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory
Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla
would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the news that Sulla had been
killed he returned to Rome. He studied rhetoric under the distinguished teacher Molon.
In the winter of 75-74 BC Caesar was captured by pirated and, while in their custody awaiting
the arri...