Gaius Julius Caesar

Quick Biography

• Name: Gaius Julius Caesar• Birth Day: July 12, 100BC• Death Date: March 15, 44BC

• Born in poverty• Mother had a C-Section (Caesarian is named

after him)• Family had lost most of its money through

Sulla (dictator)

• Caesar was married for the first time at 16. • Ordered by Sulla to divorce his wife• Refused• Left Rome until Sulla’s death

• Kidnapped by pirates– Argued with pirates

that he was worth more that what they were asking

– Demanded things from the pirates

– Taunted the pirates– When he finally was

released he went and had them crucified

Lover of the King

• Said throughout Rome Lover of the Asian king• He would be angry• Sleep with everyone he can to prove himself.

First Triumvirate

• Pompey the Great• Crassus• Julius Caesar

Reason for Triumvirate

• Needed to go to war for money

Gaul

• Modern day France and Belgium– Killed men and women and children– Cut off hands– Allowed men to rape/ pillage

Crossing the Rubricon

Civil War- Killing Pompey

Dictator for Life

Offer of the Crown

• Offered 3

Assassination

Marcus Junius Brutus (aka. Brutus)• Ancestor, Brutus the Stupid, is reported to have gotten

rid of the last king of Rome• Father was killed by Pompey the Great when he plotted

in a revolution.• He was an opponent of the First Triumvirate (Cassius,

Pompey and Julius Caesar)• Taken prisoner when civil war broke out and arrested by

Julius Caesar’s men. • Apologized to Julius Caesar and was pardoned.• Agreed to be involved in the assassination once Caesar

was offered the crown three times

Tillius Cimber (aka. Metellus Cimber)

• Initially one of Julius Caesar’s strongest supporters.

• Motivated by ambition• He is the one who signaled the attack by asking

for amnesty for his brother

Servilius Casca (aka. Casca)• He and his brother were close friends with Julius

Caesar.• He struck the first blow on Julius Caesar.• Elected Tribune of the Pleb at the time of the

assassination, he was quickly removed from office and fled.

• Eventually defeated with other conspirators by Marc Antony and Octavian, he probably committed suicide.

Gaius Cassius Longinus (aka. Cassius)

• The Outbreak of Civil War caused by Julius Caesar prevented him from being arrested on charges of extortion.

• Forgiven of his crimes by Julius Caesar• Promised an office by Caesar in Syria, he was

angry when it was given to someone else• After the assassination, he was defeated by

Marc Antony and he ordered one of his servants to kill him.

Lucius Cornelius Cinna (aka. Cinna)

• Brother of Julius Caesar’s first wife• Went against the dictator Sulla, he had difficulty

advancing in his career until Julius Caesar took over.

• Cinna strongly opposed the ambition and dictatorship of Julius Caesar.

• He did not play a role in Caesar’s assassination.

Gaius Trebonius (Aka. Trebonius)• One of Julius Caesars most trusted generals and

politicians• Became part of the conspiracy• His role in the conspiracy was to keep Marc

Antony out of the way of the assassination.

Quintus Ligarius (Ligarius)• Roman Soldier convicted of treason for having

opposed Julius Caesar in the war in Africa.• He was pardoned and allowed back into Rome

by Julius Caesar.• He did not forgive Julius Caesar for pardoning

him.• Friends with the other conspirators.

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (Aka. Decius Brutus)

• Had been Julius Caesars protégé.• Given command of Julius Caesar’s fleet of ships• Named as second heir , next to Octavian, in

Julius Caesar’s will• Senate gave him troops to defeat Marc Antony,

but his soldiers deserted him for Octavian.• Trying to make his way to Marcus Brutus, he was

captured and killed by a Gallic chieftain on Marc Antony’s orders.

Funeral and The Will