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Gaius Julius Caesar [a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
Dictator perpetuo (English: "dictator in perpetuity"), also called dictator in perpetuum, [1] was the office held by Julius Caesar just before the end of his life. He was granted the title between 26 January and 15 February during the year 44 BC, shortly before his assassination on 15 March . [ 2 ]
Julius Caesar, accepting the surrender of Vercingetorix, was the final Dictator of the Roman Republic. Caesar held both the Dictatorship and the Tribunate, but alternated between the Consulship and the Proconsulship. [2] His powers within the state seem to have rested upon these magistracies. [2]
Dictator Magister equitum Notes 82–79: 672–675: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix: Lucius Valerius Flaccus: legibus faciendis et rei publicae constituendae causa: 49: 705: Gaius Julius Caesar: sine magistro equitum: rei gerundae causa: 48: 706: Gaius Julius Caesar II: Marcus Antonius: 47–44: 707–710: Gaius Julius Caesar III: Marcus Aemilius ...
Julius Caesar—A 2002 miniseries directed by Uli Edel, which portrays key events from his life and rise to power. [110] [111] Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator—A three-part BBC-produced historical docudrama that depicts Caesar's rise and fall, detailing his ambitions, political maneuvers, alliances, and conquests. [112] [113] [114]
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey). The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to Caesar's place in the republic on his expected return to Rome on the expiration of his governorship in Gaul.
Julius Caesar was born on 12 July 100 BC into a patrician family, the gens Julia, which claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly the son of the goddess Venus. His father died when he was just 16, leaving Caesar as the head of the household. His family status put him at odds with the Dictator Lucius ...
A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been assigned. He received the full powers of the state, subordinating the other magistrates, consuls included, for the specific purpose of resolving that issue, and that issue only, and then dispensing with those powers immediately.