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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.
The city of Rome, 44 BC. The conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar began with a meeting between Cassius Longinus and his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus [15] in the evening of 22 February 44 BC, [16] when after some discussion the two agreed that something had to be done to prevent Caesar from becoming king of the Romans.
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.
Gaius Julius Caesar was consul in 59 BC. During that year he had, with the support of his allies in what is misleadingly termed in modern times the First Triumvirate, [3] pursued an aggressive and controversial reform programme. Brought late in his consular year, the lex Julia was one of his least controversial bills. It is sometimes suggested ...
After Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, his ally Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was selected as pontifex maximus. Though Lepidus eventually fell out of political favor and was sent into exile as Augustus consolidated power, he retained the priestly office until his death in 13/12 BC, at which point Augustus was selected to succeed him and given ...
William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3 Niggardly (noun: niggard ) is an adjective meaning 'stingy' or ' miserly '. Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning 'stingy,' nigon , which is probably derived from two other words also meaning 'stingy,' Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw . [ 2 ]
Set in a dystopian future, the film sees an architect named Caesar (Adam Driver) and the mayor of the imagined US city, New Rome, fight over how to rebuild it following a disaster.
During his early career, Caesar had seen how chaotic and dysfunctional the Roman Republic had become. The republican machinery had broken down under the weight of imperialism, the central government had become powerless, the provinces had been transformed into independent principalities under the absolute control of their governors, and the army had replaced the constitution as the means of ...