Julius Caesar vs Napoleon Bonaparte
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Julius Caesar, was born on the 12th of July in 100 B.C. in Rome. His mother was Aurelia
Caesar and his father was known as Gaius Caesar. Gaius, Julius’ father, died when Julius was at the age of 16. After his father’s death Julius remained close to his mother. The Caesar family was very poor and Julius lived most of his life in debt because of this. The Caesar’s were a patrician family that had allied themselves with the plebeian class. Julius Married Cornelia and had a daughter, Julia, in 76 B.C. The current dictator of rome at this time to divorce Cornelia and if he refused he was at high risk of losing everything including his property. Julius then decided to refuse his demands and escaped the consequences by going into the military. He served in the provinces of Asia and Cilicia before returning to Rome.
In 65 B.C. Julius was elected to be in the office of aedile. An aedile was responsible for the maintenance of temples and other public buildings. In 63 B.C Julius was elected pontifex maximus which is the the Chief Priest of the religion of Rome. In 62 B.C. Julius was elected
Praetor for the year in Spain, but before Julius was allowed to leave Rome for Spain he was required to pay 25% of his debt. Caesar paid off his debt and returned to rome in 60 B.C. and ran for and was elected consul. After Julius was elected consul, he convinced Crassus and Pompey to be allies rather than enemies. This resulted in a triumvirate between Julius, Pompey, and Crassus.
During his reign, Julius felt it was indispensable to make sure he acquired complete domination due to having enemies in the senate that would imprison him the first chance they had. Julius ended up going to war against Pompey in 49 B.C. because Caesar was seen as a threat. Pompey was no match for Caesar and within a year, Caesar pushed Pompey out of Italy and all the way into Egypt where Pompey was then killed. While in Egypt, it was arranged for
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Julius Caesar, was born on the 12th of July in 100 B.C. in Rome. His mother was Aurelia
Caesar and his father was known as Gaius Caesar. Gaius, Julius’ father, died when Julius was at the age of 16. After his father’s death Julius remained close to his mother. The Caesar family was very poor and Julius lived most of his life in debt because of this. The Caesar’s were a patrician family that had allied themselves with the plebeian class. Julius Married Cornelia and had a daughter, Julia, in 76 B.C. The current dictator of rome at this time to divorce Cornelia and if he refused he was at high risk of losing everything including his property. Julius then decided to refuse his demands and escaped the consequences by going into the military. He served in the provinces of Asia and Cilicia before returning to Rome.
In 65 B.C. Julius was elected to be in the office of aedile. An aedile was responsible for the maintenance of temples and other public buildings. In 63 B.C Julius was elected pontifex maximus which is the the Chief Priest of the religion of Rome. In 62 B.C. Julius was elected
Praetor for the year in Spain, but before Julius was allowed to leave Rome for Spain he was required to pay 25% of his debt. Caesar paid off his debt and returned to rome in 60 B.C. and ran for and was elected consul. After Julius was elected consul, he convinced Crassus and Pompey to be allies rather than enemies. This resulted in a triumvirate between Julius, Pompey, and Crassus.
During his reign, Julius felt it was indispensable to make sure he acquired complete domination due to having enemies in the senate that would imprison him the first chance they had. Julius ended up going to war against Pompey in 49 B.C. because Caesar was seen as a threat. Pompey was no match for Caesar and within a year, Caesar pushed Pompey out of Italy and all the way into Egypt where Pompey was then killed. While in Egypt, it was arranged for
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