Julius Caesar: Rome's Most Famous Figure

Julius Caesar is ancient rome’s most famous figure. It is believed he was born on July 13, 100 B.C. Julius Caesar is best known for being a dictator of rome and putting an end to the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar was taught by a private tutor. He learned Roman law and how to speak in public, he also learned how to read and write. At age 40, Julius Caesar was elected into Consul, Consul was the highest ranking position in the roman public. In 75 B.C he set out to the Aegan Island of rome, his ship was hijacked by pirates and he was kidnapped, when the pirates decided on a ransom, Caesar thought it was insultingly low and demanded they change it to a higher amount. In 48 B.C he traveled to Egypt to track down one of his enemies, a Roman general named Pompey. There Caesar met Cleopatra and had a son. Julius never had any other Sons, but he had a daughter who died in childbirth. Because his Son was Egyptian, he adopted his great nephew Octavian, who would become the first roman emperor. Cassius and Brutus were afraid his rule would put an end to the Roman Republic, so they plotted to murder him. Caesar was stabbed 23 times. The date of his death, March 15th, is also called the Ides of March. His murder made many people angry, as influnced my Mark Antony’s famous speech. In the beginning of the play, a soothsayer says, “Beware the Ides of March!” He changed the calendar to the currently used Julian Calendar with 365 days and a leap …show more content…
Mark Antony, Caesar's right hand man of a sort, was defeated by Octavius at the naval battle of Actium, after this defeat, Antony fled back to Egypt with Cleopatra, who were lovers, and both later committed