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The ancient Roman busts of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra in the Altes Museum, Berlin. Caesar is referred to in some of the poems of Catullus (ca. 84 – 54 BC); The Commentarii de Bello Gallico (ca. 58 – 49 BC) and the Commentarii de Bello Civili (ca. 40 BC) are two autobiographical works Caesar used to justify his actions and cement popular support
The Tusculum portrait, also called the Tusculum bust, is the only extant portrait of Julius Caesar which may have been made during his lifetime. [1] It is also one of the two accepted portraits of Caesar (alongside the Chiaramonti Caesar) which were made before the beginning of the Roman Empire. [2] Being one of the copies of the bronze ...
Alexandrian war. 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.
The phrase " crossing the Rubicon " is an idiom that means "passing a point of no return ". [1] Its meaning comes from allusion to the crossing of the river Rubicon by Julius Caesar in early January 49 BC. The exact date is unknown. [2] Scholars usually place it on the night of 10 and 11 January because of the speeds at which messengers could ...
41°53′38.44″N 12°29′5.78″E / 41.8940111°N 12.4849389°E / 41.8940111; 12.4849389. Type. Imperial fora. History. Builder. Gaius Julius Caesar. Founded. 46 BC. The Forum of Caesar, also known by the Latin Forum Iulium or Forum Julium, Forum Caesaris, [1] was a forum built by Julius Caesar near the Forum Romanum in Rome in ...
Julius Caesar. Founded. 44–29 BC. The Curia Julia (Latin: Curia Iulia) is the third named curia, or senate house, in the ancient city of Rome. It was built in 44 BC, when Julius Caesar replaced Faustus Cornelius Sulla 's reconstructed Curia Cornelia, which itself had replaced the Curia Hostilia. Caesar did so to redesign both spaces within ...
Founded. Inauguration 18 August 29 BC. The Temple of Caesar or Temple of Divus Iulius (Latin: Aedes Divi Iuli; Italian: Tempio del Divo Giulio), also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, [1] is an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the Regia and the Temple of ...
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. His father died ...