The life of Julius Caesar was like few beofre or since: A highly successful statesman, writer and general whose name became synonimous with being a great leader. He was assassinated in 44 BC by those defending the ideals of the Roman Republic.
Caesar’s first taste of real power came as part of the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was another popular military leader and Crassus the money man. Caesar’s successful election to the consulship was one of the dirtiest Rome had seen and Crassus must have paid Caesar’s...
When Caesar led his army back to Rome. the Senate welcomed him . Caesar accomplish many great things . He passed new laws , built great buildings , and even changed the calendar. The people loved Caesar . However , many members of the Senate did not....
In January 44 B.C., the Roman senate named Caesar "dictator for life." While Caesar had enough overall support from the senate to get the measure passed there were many senators, led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, who were opposed to giving Caesar the title. Brutus an...
Julius Caesar: With Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Valeria Golino. Twenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictat
Aptly titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the play immortalizes Caesar's death rather than his life. Caesar's died on March 15th, 44 B.C.E., when members of the Roman Senate assassinated him. Julius Caesar's Story What is the Julius Caesar story? Julius Caesar was a Roman general. ...
As Caesar returned from his second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, there was already trouble looming in Gaul and in his personal life. He received word that his daughter Julia, wife of Pompey, had died in childbirth. This event was assuredly difficult for Caesar on a personal level, but ...
Marc Antony comes "to bury Caesar, not to praise him," and his funeral oration unleashes a power struggle among the Roman Empire's mightiest generals and statesmen. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students...
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator: Con Janet McTeer, Ian Hanmore, Rosie Jones, Alex Brockdorff. He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is one among his three Roman plays. After his victory against Pompey, Caesar returns to Rome and is killed by his allies, including Cassius and Brutus, who fear Caesar's tyranny. The play covers the last years of his life, the aftermath,...