5 Accomplishments of Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar was a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, an orator, and historian.
- Caesar never lost a war.
- Caesar fixed the calendar.
- Caesar is thought to have created the first news sheet, Acta Diurna, which was posted on the forum to let everyone who cared to read it know what the Assembly and Senate were up to.
- Caesar instigated an enduring law against extortion.
Although the word Caesar signifies the ruler of the Roman emperor, in the case of the first of the Caesars, it was just his name. Julius Caesar was not the emperor.
(Gaius) Julius Caesar was born 3 days before the Ides of July, on July 13 in c. 100 B.C. His father's family was from the patrician gens of the Julii, which traced its lineage to the first king of Rome, Romulus, and the goddess Venus. His parents were Gaius Caesar and Aurelia, daughter of Lucius Aurelius Cotta. Caesar was related by marriage to Marius, who supported the populares, and opposed Sulla, who supported the optimates.
In 44 B.C. conspirators claiming they feared Caesar was aiming to become king assassinated Caesar on the Ides of March.