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Pontifex Maximus Julius Caesar
4,797 wordsJulius Gaius Caesar had as big an impact on history as any one man could have. Caesar had to work his way up through the governmental ranks and became Caesar in 69 BC. In 65 BC, he was elected Curule Aedile, and during his reign, he instituted the Gladiatorial Games. These games made Caesar extremely popular with every aspect of life from the plebeians (common people) to the highest of classes. When Caesar returned to Rome in 60 BC, after a year as Governor in Spain, he joined up with Crassus an...
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1,704 wordsGaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC. Although patrician descent, Caesars family had not achieved real prominence. His father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, was the brother-in-law of Gaius Marius and married Aurelia, who was connected with the prominent Aurelii family; he died about 85 BC, however, before reaching the consulship. In 84, Caesar married Cornelia, daughter of Marius old partner Lucius Cornelius China. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla ordered him to divorce her, he refused a...
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B C Caesar Returned To Rome
1,137 wordsJulius Caesar: General in Gaul Julius Gaius Caesar was a great Roman general and statesman who laid the foundations of the Roman imperial system. Born in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 b. c. , Caesar belonged to the prestigious Julia clan; yet from early childhood his life was plagued with controversy. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares. This party supported agrarian reform and was opposed by a reactionary senatorial faction known as the Optimates. Marius was seven times...
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Returned To Rome Pompey And Crassus
1,432 wordsBorn in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 BC, Caesar belonged to the prestigious Julian clan; yet from early childhood he knew controversy. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares. This party supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the reactionary Optimate's, a senatorial faction. Marius was seven times consul (chief magistrate), and the last year he held office, just before his death in 86 BC, he exacted a terrifying toll on the Optimate's. At the same time he saw to it th...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Returned To Rome
1,704 wordsGaius Julius Julius Caesar Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar has been described as one of the most influential political and military leaders in history. He began the Roman transition from a republic to an empire. Caesar united Rome under his ruthless power; he controlled religion, senate, and the military. He almost made himself emperor, and this was the fact that inspired his assassination. Caesar was born in Rome on July 12 or 13, 100 BC. He started his education early, as a young man he was placed ...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Pontifex Maximus
4,911 words1 Julius Caesar CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 A Star is Born 3 Rise to Power 4 The Ultimate Betrayal 5 Reflections 6 Bibliography Introduction Many things can be said about great men. You never can tell exactly just what makes a man great. Looks, personality, a strong mind, these are all good qualities to look for in a man. Speaking as a woman, I know women look for all these qualities and then some. Does he have a good job? A fine house? Good credit? Many of these questions plague the minds of wome...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Caesar
9,336 wordsMatt Duggan College English 101 Dr. Alt Caesar Doc Paper Julius Gaius Caesar had as big an impact on history as any one man could have. Caesar had to work his way up through the governmental ranks and became Caesar in 69 BC. In 65 BC, he was elected Curule Aedile, and during his reign, he instituted the Gladiatorial Games. These games made Caesar extremely popular with every aspect of life from the plebeians (common people) to the highest of classes. When Caesar returned to Rome in 60 BC, after ...
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3 Rd Century Roman Empire
1,011 wordsThe last phase of the Western Roman Empire, the period of transition between Romania and the rise of a new medieval world, is marked by successive incursions of Barbarians from the north. In particular, there were the Goths (Visigoths and Ostrogoths), Alans, Suebi, Vandals, Huns, and the Franks. Dominating present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany, one of these groups, the Franks, established the most powerful Christian kingdom of early medieval western Europe. The origins of the...
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