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Caesar was a remarkable civil servant and left many volumes of papers relating to his official work, and others relating to the mint, of which his first father-in-law was master. He worked on the history of the Exchequer , and presented to Burghley a history of the Court of Requests "to defend it against the slights of the common lawyers ". [ 1 ]
Julius Caesar was awarded the Civic Crown for his service in Siege of Mytilene Gaius Julius Caesar was born into an influential patrician family, the gens Julia . His father, Gaius Julius Caesar , was the governor of the province of Asia , and his mother, Aurelia , came from an influential family who were supporters of Sulla .
Following his consulship in 59 BCE, Caesar served an unprecedented ten-year term as governor of Gallia Cisalpina, Gallia Narbonensis, and Illyricum.During this time he conducted a series of devastating military campaigns against the various groups of people inhabiting Gaul (primarily present-day France and Belgium) culminating in the Battle of Alesia and the annexation of all of Gaul.
Caesar's Commentaries may refer to one of two works written by Julius Caesar: Commentarii de Bello Gallico , concerning Caesar's campaigns in Gaul and Britain, 58–50 BC Commentarii de Bello Civili , concerning his participation in the Roman Civil War of 49–48 BC
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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 from the north by Julius Caesar in early January 49 BC. The exact date is unknown. [2]
Julius Caesar just before crossing the Rubicon, when he is supposed to have uttered the phrase. Alea iacta est ("The die is cast") is a variation of a Latin phrase (iacta alea est [ˈjakta ˈaːlɛ.a ˈɛs̺t]) attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on 10 January 49 BC, as he led his army across the Rubicon river in Northern Italy, in defiance of the Roman Senate and beginning a long civil ...