Full Name: Gaius Julius Caesar. Position: A great Roman General and Statesman. Date of Birth: 12th or 13th July, 100 BC. Place of Birth: Rome or Italy. Date of Death: 15th March, 44 BC. Famous For: Conquest of Gaul and raiding of Britain.
The Chronology of Julius Caesar's life
July 13, 100 BC – Birth in Rome; Alternatively, July 12, 102 BC. 84 BC – First marriage. 82 BC – Escapes the Sullan persecutions 81/79 BC – Military service in Asia and Cilicia; tryst with Nicomedes of Bithynia. 70 BC – Career as an advocate. 69 BC – Quaestor in Hispania Ulterior. 65 BC – Curule aedile. 63 BC – Elected pontifex maximus and praetor urbanus; the Catilinarian conspiracy. 59 BC – First consulship; beginning of the First Triumvirate. 54 BC – Death of Julia. 53 BC – Death of Crassus: end of the First Triumvirate. 52 BC – Battle of Alesia. 49 BC – Crossing of the Rubicon, the civil war starts. 48 BC – Defeats Pompey in Greece; made dictator; second time consul. 47 BC – Campaign in Egypt; meets Cleopatra VII. 46 BC – Defeats Cato and Metellus Scipio in northern Africa; third time consul. 45 BC –
Defeats the last opposition in Hispania.
Returns to Rome; fourth time consul. 44 BC –
Appointed perpetual dictator.
February, Refuses the diadem offered by Antony. March 15, Assassinated.
Julius Caesar's Famous Quote: "I came, I saw, I conquered." Julius Caesar's Last Words as described from various sources:
Και συ τεκνον? (Kai su, teknon?) (Gr., "Even you, my child?"
– from Suetonius
Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi! (Lat., "You too, Brutus, my son!" – a
modern Latin translation of the Greek quotation from Suetonius
Et tu, Brute? (Lat., "And (even) you, Brutus?" – from Shakespeare's play,
Julius Caesar)
More Facts about Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor to issue coinage bearing his own name.
He was the first Roman ruler who holds many offices. Apart from this he was a good scholar, author and an oratist.
Julius Caesar got married three times and also had affairs with Cleopatra VII.
He was the last roman Dictator.
Caesar decided to use a solar measure of time that became known as the Julian calendar; his system is the basis of the modern calendar. He changed the name of the month Quintilis to Julius (July), after his name.
Caesar used chippers to secure messages by using the popularly known crypto - 'Caesar Chipper'
Position: A great Roman General and Statesman.
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