Julius Caesar was a politician and general of the late Roman republic, who successfully extended the Roman empire.
Julius Caesar was born in Rome on 13 July 100 BC into the prestigious Julian clan. His family was closely linked with the Marian faction in Roman politics. Caesar progressed himself within the Roman political strict system, becoming quaestor , aedile and praetor. In 61 and 60 BC he acted as a governor of the Roman province of España (Spain). Back in Rome in 60, Caesar made a pact with Pompey and Crassus, who tried to helped him to get elected as consul for the year 59 BC. The next year he was appointed governor of Roman Gaul where he stayed for eight years, adding the entire modern France and Belgium to the Roman empire, and making Rome …show more content…
Julius Caesar was born in Rome on 13 July 100 BC into the prestigious Julian clan. His family was closely linked with the Marian faction in Roman politics. Caesar progressed himself within the Roman political strict system, becoming quaestor , aedile and praetor. In 61 and 60 BC he acted as a governor of the Roman province of España (Spain). Back in Rome in 60, Caesar made a pact with Pompey and Crassus, who tried to helped him to get elected as consul for the year 59 BC. The next year he was appointed governor of Roman Gaul where he stayed for eight years, adding the entire modern France and Belgium to the Roman empire, and making Rome safe from the possibility of Gallic invasions. He made two expeditions to Britain,one in 55 B.C. and another one in 54 B.C.
Caesar later returned to Italy, disregarding the authority of the senate and famously passing the Rubicon river without disbanding his army. In the ensuing civil war Caesar defeated the republican forces. Pompey, their leader, fled to Egypt where he was assassinated. Caesar followed him and fell in love with