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Julius Caesar was born
on the 12th or 13th of
July 100BC in Rome.
Caesar was kidnapped by
pirates when he was a young
man. They demanded a ransom
which Caesar considered too
low, so he made them raise it!
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Julius Caesar was never called
Emperor in his lifetime, but he was
the first person to rule the Roman
Empire alone. He took power away
from the Senate.
Caesar was married three times
and also had a lot of girlfriends!
He had a daughter, Julia, with his
first wife Cornelia and a son,
Caesarion, with Queen Cleopatra.
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The Julian Calendar was
introduced by Julius Caesar
in 45 BC. It was first
calendar to use leap years.
Caesar led two invasions of
Britain. In 54BC the Celts
agreed to pay a tribute
(payment) to Rome and
Caesar retreated.
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Julius was assassinated by members
of the Senate on the Ides of March
(the 15th) 44BC. They believed that
he had become too powerful.
He was the first living
person to have his picture
on a Roman coin.
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The month of July is
named after Julius Caesar
because it was the month
he was born in.
Two years after he died, Julius
Caesar was declared a God by
the Roman Senate.
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Julius Caesar was a great
orator (speech maker)
and writer. He wrote
detailed accounts of his
military campaigns.
In 49BC Julius Caesar
crossed the Rubicon
(a small river in Northern
Italy) and led his army into
Rome to take power.
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Julius Caesar brought all
of Gaul under Roman
control, making it a
Roman province.
In 46BC Cleopatra and her son
Caesarion came to live in to Rome
and they stayed there until after
Caesar's death.
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In 45BC Julius Caesar was
declared Dictator of Rome for
life when the civil war ended.
In the Civil War, Caesar
fought against Pompey,
a general who had been his
ally, for control of Rome.
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Caesar used a secret
code to communicate
with his armies, known as
a Caesar Cipher.
He suffered from seizures;
many historians think he
had epilepsy but they
could have been caused
by something else.
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Julius Caesar had a large bald spot.
He combed his hair forward to hide
it and he liked to wear a laurel
crown because that hid it too.
Caesar shared power with
Crassus and Pompey in a
political alliance called a
Triumvirate from around
59BC to 53BC.
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