Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator

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Lived -100–-44, aged 56Italy

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Aged 56
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Summary

Updated 2026-08-28

The Roman general who crossed the Rubicon with an army, defied the Senate, won a civil war, and declared himself dictator for life — then got stabbed to death by senators who feared he'd crown himself king. His murder didn't save the Republic; it killed it.

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About

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in July 100 BC and rose through Roman politics by forming the First Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey in 60 BC, an alliance that dominated Rome for years. Between 58 and 51 BC he led the Gallic Wars, expanding Roman territory, invading Britain, and building a bridge across the Rhine — victories that made him wildly popular but threatened Pompey's standing. When the Senate ordered him to give up his command in early 49 BC, he crossed the Rubicon with his army and marched on Rome, igniting a civil war he won by 45 BC. He overhauled the calendar, expanded the Senate…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

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I assure you I had rather be the first man here than the second man in Rome.

— On passing through a village in the Alps, as attributed in Parallel Lives , by Plutarch, as translated by John Langhorne and William

Julius Caesar

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I will not ... that my wife be so much as suspected.

— His declaration as to why he had divorced his wife Pompeia, when questioned in the trial against Publius Clodius Pulcher for sacrilege

Julius Caesar

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It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking.

— As reported in Plutarch's Anthony'; William Shakespeare adapted this in having Caesar declare Cassius as having "a lean and hungry look."

Julius Caesar

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Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our [Latin] language Gauls the third.

— Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War]

Julius Caesar

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[Of England] the coastal areas are inhabited by invaders who crossed from Belgica…settled there…all kept the names of the tribes from where they originated.

— Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War]

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