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  2. Gaius Julius Caesar (name) - Wikipedia

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    Caesar used the animal during his conquest of Gaul and probably of Britain, [23] which is further supported by the inclusion of forty elephants on the first day of Caesar's Gallic triumph in Rome. [24] Caesar displayed an elephant above the name CAESAR on his first denarius, which he probably had minted while still in Gallia Cisalpina.

  3. Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of Roman emperors - Wikipedia

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    Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]

  5. Caesar (title) - Wikipedia

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    The first known individual to bear the cognomen of "Caesar" was Sextus Julius Caesar, who is likewise believed to be the common ancestor of all subsequent Julii Caesares. [2] [3] Sextus's great-grandson was the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, who seized control of the Roman Republic following his war against the Senate.

  6. Early life and career of Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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    The career of Julius Caesar before his consulship in 59 BC was characterized by military adventurism and political persecution. 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.

  7. List of Roman generals - Wikipedia

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    Bust depicting Germanicus The Tusculum portrait, possibly the only surviving depiction of Julius Caesar from his lifetime. Aulus Gabinius [15] Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder; Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor 54 BC) Cestius Gallus; Lucius Gellius; Lucius Gellius Publicola; Germanicus; Gundobad; Gaius Salvius Liberalis

  8. The Twelve Caesars - Wikipedia

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    We learn from Suetonius that Claudius was the first Roman commander to invade Britain since Julius Caesar a century earlier. Cassius Dio gives a more detailed account of this. He also went farther than Caesar, and made Britain subject to Roman rule. Caesar had "conquered" Britain, but left the Britons alone to rule themselves. Claudius was not ...

  9. Julii Caesares - Wikipedia

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    The first of the Julii Caesares to appear in history was Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor in Sicily in 208 BC. [1] From the filiation of his son, Sextus, "Sex. f. L. n.", we know that his father was named Lucius, but precisely who this Lucius was and whether he bore the surname Caesar is uncertain. [2]