Early Life
Born July 12, 100 B.C.
Descendent from Venus through Aeneas's son Iulus
Age 16 his father died
Married Cornelia in 84 B.C.
Sulla ordered them to get divorced
Captured by pirates in 74 B.C.
Elected pontifex * in 73 B.C.
Elected quaestor * in 69 B.C.
Cornelia died in 69 B.C.
Caesar married Pompeia
Elected cruel aediles * in 65 B.C.
Elected pontifex maximus* in 63 B.C.
Divorced her in 62 B.C. over fertility scandal
Elected praetor * in 62 B.C.
Governor of Farther Spain in 60 B.C.
Elected consul * in 59 B.C.
Rise to Power
Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar create First Triumvirate *
Julia was to marry Pompey in 59 B.C.
Caesar married Calpurnia
Obtained provinces of Gallia, Cisapalpina, Gallia Transalpina, and Hyricum in 59 B.C
Gallic Wars extended Roman power to west
Military Career
First campaign defeated many peoples in 57-54 B.C.
Returned to Gaul and was defeated by Eburones
Julia died in 54 B.C.
Crassus killed in 53 B.C.
In 52 B.C. defeated Gauls
Senate made Caesar resign and entrusted Pompey with power
Caesar and Pompey broke into civil war in 49 B.C.
Political Career
Master of Italy
Appointed dictator
Pompey had gathered strong army
Defeated Pharsalia (Veni, vidi, vici*) in 48 B.C.
Pompey killed in Egypt
Civil War in Egypt
Cleopatra was his new wife 47 B.C.
Made dictator for life and consul * for ten years in 45 B.C.
He proposed ambitious plans
Assassination
Assassinated in 44 B.C. by Brutus and Cassius
They wanted to destroy republic which they did
* Latin words
Vocabulary
pontifex-icis priest (one on broad of fifteen)
quaestor-oris financial officer
curule aediles judicial magistrates
pontifex maximus highest priest
praetor-oris magistrate
consul-sulis highest magistrate
Triumviri-orum three man commission
Veni, vidi, vici I came, I saw, I conquered