Julius Caesar was born in Subura, Rome on the 12th of July 100 BC, around 400 years after the Roman Empire has been established. He grew up in a period of unrest and civil war. Young Julius has realized that money was the key to Roman politics as the system had by his time long been corrupt. However, his father expected him to assume a modest office at the lower end of the long ladder of the Roman political career. When Caesar was 15, his father died, and his fatherly expectations died along with him. He became the head of the family and was responsible for his mother Aurelia and his sister Julia. At the age of 17, he married Cornelia, the daughter of a powerful politician in Rome. Caesar was arrested at the age of 19, but was spared. Caesar left Rome to join the army. His first posting was as a military assistant to a provincial governor. After a while, he spent some time in the south of Italy improving his education, in particular rhetoric. Caesar later proved an incredibly talented, if not genial, public speaker and much of this will undoubtedly have come from his training in rhetoric. In 61-60 BC, he served as a governor of the Roman Province Spain. Back in Rome in 60, Caesar made a pact with
Julius Caesar was born in Subura, Rome on the 12th of July 100 BC, around 400 years after the Roman Empire has been established. He grew up in a period of unrest and civil war. Young Julius has realized that money was the key to Roman politics as the system had by his time long been corrupt. However, his father expected him to assume a modest office at the lower end of the long ladder of the Roman political career. When Caesar was 15, his father died, and his fatherly expectations died along with him. He became the head of the family and was responsible for his mother Aurelia and his sister Julia. At the age of 17, he married Cornelia, the daughter of a powerful politician in Rome. Caesar was arrested at the age of 19, but was spared. Caesar left Rome to join the army. His first posting was as a military assistant to a provincial governor. After a while, he spent some time in the south of Italy improving his education, in particular rhetoric. Caesar later proved an incredibly talented, if not genial, public speaker and much of this will undoubtedly have come from his training in rhetoric. In 61-60 BC, he served as a governor of the Roman Province Spain. Back in Rome in 60, Caesar made a pact with