Caesar Study Guide Julius Caesar (July 12/13, 102/100 B.C. - March 15, 44 B.C.) may have been the greatest man of all times. By age 39/40, Caesar had been a widower, divorce, governor (propraetor) of Further Spain, captured by pirates, hailed imperator by adoring troops, quaestor, aedile, consul, and pontifex maximus -- a lifelong honor usually reserved for the end of a man's career. What was left for his remaining 16/17 years? That for which Julius Caesar was most well known: the Triumvirate, military victories in Gaul, the dictatorship, civil war, and, finally, assassination.
Top 4 Caesar Biographies
Julius Caesar had been the subject of controversy since before he was assassinated. An aristocrat, he appealed to the masses and threatened the security of the Roman nobility. Below you will find modern non-fiction works on the life, death, and military and political career of Julius Caesar.
The Calendar
Caesar reformed the badly out of synch Roman calendar.
Great Caesar! Julius Caesar, by Plantaganet Somerset Fry, a biography that extols the virtues of what may have been the greatest man ever.
May You Live In Interesting Times
Account of the life of Julius Caesar and a challenge to the claim that he was the greatest man ever.
Caesar's Legion
A thorough text about Roman military life in the time of Caesar, a legionary's point of view about Caesar's Gallic and the civil wars, and what happened to the legions following Caesar's death.
Events and Julius Caesar Assassination
Caesar Timeline
List of 21 major dates and events in the life of Julius Caesar.
In the Steps of Julius Caesar
Guest writer Judith Geary follows in the steps of Julius Caesar as she recreates the route he took on that fateful Ides of March.
Cutter's Island
In Vincent Panella's first novel, Cutter's Island, Julius Caesar is captured and held for ransom by a group of pirates with a grudge against Rome.
First Triumvirate
Along with Crassus and Pompey, Caesar was part of the First Triumvirate.
Caesar Declines A Triumph
In 60 B.C., Caesar was entitled to a lavish triumphal procession through the streets of Rome. Even Caesar's enemy Cato agreed that his victory in Spain was worthy of the highest military honor. But Julius Caesar decided against it.
Massilia and Julius Caesar 49 B.C.
In 49 B.C. Caesar, with Trebonius as his second-in-command, captured Massilia, a city in Gaul that had allied itself with Pompey and, it thought, Rome.
Lucan Pharsalia (aka "The Civil War")
Lucan's "Pharsalia" was left (probably) unfinished upon his death, coincidentally breaking off at almost the exact same point where Julius Caesar broke off in his commentary "On the Civil War."
General
Caesar - Events and Chronologies
Index of timelines related to Caesar, including Cleopatra and the End of the Republic. Also articles on other events in the life of Caesar, including the wars in Gaul, his relationship with Cleopatra, and the changes in the way the Republic ran.
Historian - Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar kept detailed records of his military campaigns and wars in his Civil and Gallic Wars. In the Gallic War you'll find the famous phrase "all Gaul is divided into three parts."
Caesar Declines A Triumph
In 60 B.C., Caesar was entitled to a lavish triumphal procession through the streets of Rome. Even Caesar's enemy Cato agreed that Caesar's victory in Spain was worthy of the highest military honor. But Caesar decided against it.
What Was the Relationship Between Caesar and Augustus?
Augustus and Julius Caesar Augustus (aka Gaius Octavius or C. Julius Caesar Octavianus) became the first Roman emperor mainly because he had been adopted by Julius Caesar. Caesar is often referred to as Augustus' uncle. What was the exact relationship between Caesar and Augustus?
Pompey
Part of the first triumvirate with Caesar, Pompey was known as the great. One of his accomplishments was ridding the area of pirates.
Crassus
The third and very wealthy member of the first triumvirate, Crassus, whose relations with Pompey were not exactly cordial after Pompey took the credit for putting down the Spartacan revolt, were held together by Julius Caesar, but when Crassus was killed fighting in Asia, the remaining coalition fell apart.
The October Horse
Book review by Irene Hahn of the last of the Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series, featuring Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Octavian, Cato, Lepidus, Trebonius, Brutus, and Cassius.
Pharaoh By Karen Essex
It begins with the dramatic moment when Cleopatra, rolled in a carpet, returns from exile in order to intrigue with Julius Caesar.
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