Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Julius Caesar - AJ


  • Julius Caesar was born in Subura, Rome in the year 100 b.c July 12 or 13. His family was not rich in the Roman standards and his full name was Gaius Julius Caesar. At the age of six Julius had started his education and had a private tutor who was named Marcus Antonius Gnipho. He learned how to read and write and he had also learned about the Roman law and how to speak in public.
  • Julius's father died when Julius was sixteen and he became the head of his family and had to take care of his mother Aurelia and his sister who was named Julia. At the age seventeen Julius had married a woman who was named Cornelia, who was the daughter of a strong Roman politician.
  • Julius's uncle was enemies with the dictator of Rome and then Julius was cautious because of the Roman dictators allies so he had been aware and he decided to leave Rome and he wanted to join the army and fight in war.Then when Sulla died Julius came back to his wife and the rest of his family.
  • In Rome at the age 40 Julius was one of the people elected consul, consul in Rome was the highest ranking position in Roman Republic. Caesar became strong in power that politics in Rome were being held in hostile and many other leaders were jealous and others to.
  • When Julius was done being consul he wanted to be it again but he had to give up his army if he wanted to be consul but he refused to give up his army so they thought he was a traitor and he did not become consul. When Caesar went to Egypt he married Cleopatra VII. The other leaders thought Julius was to powerful so they plotted to kill him and when Julius went to the senate and an amount of men came out and killed Julius with
     23 stabs and he died on the year 15, 44 B.C.

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