Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar was a renowned Roman general and statesman. As dictator, he was attempting to establish several political and social reforms when he was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15) by a group of nobles in the Senate house.Biography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography As a result of Caesar's murder, Rome was embroiled in a new wave of civil wars. The Republic was destroyed and Octavian, Caesar's grand-nephew, emerged as Augustus, the first Roman emperor.TheHistoryChannel.com: March 15-This Day in History

• 84 BC: Married Cornelia, daughter of Lucius Cornelius CinnaBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 74 or 75 BC: Captured by pirates while en route to RhodesBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 68 or 69 BC: Elected quaestor; Cornelia diedBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 67 BC: Married Pompeia, a distant relative of PompeyBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 65-62 BC: First elected one of the curule aedile, then elected pontifex maximus, followed by an election as praetorBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 62 BC: Divorced Pompeia after her involvement in the Bona Dea scandalBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 61 BC: Appointed governor of Farther Spain (modern Andalusia and Portugal)Biography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 59 BC: Elected consul and then formed the first triumvirate by aligning himself with Pompey and CrassusBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 59 BC: Married Calpurnia, daughter of Lucius PisoBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 58 BC Appointed governor of Roman Gaul at Pompey's insistenceBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 49 BC: Crossed the Rubicon, initiating a Civil WarBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 48 BC: Defeated the army of Pompey at the Battle of PharsalusLivius.org: Battle of Pharsalus
• 48 BC: Caesar spent the winter in Alexandria, fought with the populace and formed a relationship with Queen CleopatraBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 47 BC: Summed up his victory of a brief local war in northeastern Anatolia with his famous phrase, "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered)Biography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography
• 47 BC: Caesarion was born to CleopatraDigitalEgypt: {http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ptolemyxv.html Ptolemy (XV) Caesarion (Ptolemaios XV)
• 44 BC: “Et tu, Brute” (You too, Brutus) was Caesar's famous comment when he was stabbed by Marcus Junius Brutus, a man whom he had forgiven, trusted and lovedBiography.com: (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Augustus Biography

• Google Books: The Decline of the Roman Republic by George Long

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• Oxford University Press: The Civil War by Julius Caesar

• Virtual Roma: Julius Caesar: Historical Background

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