Julius Caesar was one of the greatest and most famous Roman rulers in Rome history. Some Emperors of Rome would take on the name Caesar when crowned. Caesar was ruthless on his quest for power. He firmly believed,whatever suffering he had inflicted was worth it for the state and to the people. For once in total control,he would transform society for its own good as he saw fit.
On July 12, 100 B.C, Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy in the time of the Roman Republic to one of the oldest patrician class families. The patricians are wealthy landowners, making up the Roman society’s aristocracy. In Caesar’s teens, there were two political parties that rose in the Republic. Caesar's Uncle Marius was the leader of the populares,a political …show more content…
Sulla won and killed thousands of populares. Sulla spared Caesar, but would had to renounce his allegiance the to the populares. Caesar refused and went into hiding from Sulla’s wrath but this relatives begged Sulla to forgive. Eventually he did, but it was still too dangerous to go back to Rome. His relatives used their influence to get him a post far from Rome. He was sent to a province in Asia minor to work on the staff of the local governor. His first mission was as a diplomat to the kingdom of Bithynia where he saw his first military action when he helped Thermus storm a rebellious island town. In 78, B.C, Caesar received news that Sulla had died. It was safe to come back to Rome to make a political name for himself. When he came back, he volunteered to prosecute two of Sulla’s supporters, who stood accused of growing rich at the public's expense, where he had proved himself an able public …show more content…
Though Caesar had appeared in Greece sooner than expected. Pompey amassed an army nearly twice as large as Caesar’s, but Pompey was defeated and fled to Egypt where Pompey was assassinated on arrival. Caesar followed Pompey to find him dead. Caesar needed Egypt's gold in large sums to carry on the civil war.
He took over Egypt and put Cleopatra on the throne. Caesar would go on to more campaigns on near by kingdoms on the border taking advantage of the civil war by attacking Roman lands and in 47 B.C he would go to war against Pompey’s sons in North Africa and easily win.
Caesar returned to Rome in July 46 B.C he proved himself an excellent administrator and civil leader where he tried to fix the war-torn economy. A conspiracy was led by the senators Gaius, Cassius and Marcus Brutus with sixty more senators. They stabbed him to death on the senate floor where he fallen at the base of base of a statue of Pompey on March 15. Julius Caesar would be Immortality in his death and throughout history there will be many ambitious leaders would try to emulate
On July 12, 100 B.C, Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy in the time of the Roman Republic to one of the oldest patrician class families. The patricians are wealthy landowners, making up the Roman society’s aristocracy. In Caesar’s teens, there were two political parties that rose in the Republic. Caesar's Uncle Marius was the leader of the populares,a political …show more content…
Sulla won and killed thousands of populares. Sulla spared Caesar, but would had to renounce his allegiance the to the populares. Caesar refused and went into hiding from Sulla’s wrath but this relatives begged Sulla to forgive. Eventually he did, but it was still too dangerous to go back to Rome. His relatives used their influence to get him a post far from Rome. He was sent to a province in Asia minor to work on the staff of the local governor. His first mission was as a diplomat to the kingdom of Bithynia where he saw his first military action when he helped Thermus storm a rebellious island town. In 78, B.C, Caesar received news that Sulla had died. It was safe to come back to Rome to make a political name for himself. When he came back, he volunteered to prosecute two of Sulla’s supporters, who stood accused of growing rich at the public's expense, where he had proved himself an able public …show more content…
Though Caesar had appeared in Greece sooner than expected. Pompey amassed an army nearly twice as large as Caesar’s, but Pompey was defeated and fled to Egypt where Pompey was assassinated on arrival. Caesar followed Pompey to find him dead. Caesar needed Egypt's gold in large sums to carry on the civil war.
He took over Egypt and put Cleopatra on the throne. Caesar would go on to more campaigns on near by kingdoms on the border taking advantage of the civil war by attacking Roman lands and in 47 B.C he would go to war against Pompey’s sons in North Africa and easily win.
Caesar returned to Rome in July 46 B.C he proved himself an excellent administrator and civil leader where he tried to fix the war-torn economy. A conspiracy was led by the senators Gaius, Cassius and Marcus Brutus with sixty more senators. They stabbed him to death on the senate floor where he fallen at the base of base of a statue of Pompey on March 15. Julius Caesar would be Immortality in his death and throughout history there will be many ambitious leaders would try to emulate