Caesar's father was also named Caius (sometimes spelled Gaius) and his mother's name was Aurelia. While the term "Caesarean section" is named for him, there is no evidence that this birthing method was used to deliver Julius Caesar. "Although the procedure would later bear his name, there...
Find out where Julius Caesar was born and his date of birth. Explore the time period from Julius Caesar's birthday to his rise to power, and his...
13thJuly 100BC– This is quite likely Julius Caesar’s date of birth although the year 102BC is also possible. Caius Julius Caesar was born of a noble family: the Gens Julia. In this year General Marius defeated the Germanic tribes of Cimbri and Teutones who were threatening to invade nor...
000 years ago during the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar’s death at the hands of a group of conspirators would prompt another playwright in England – William Shakespeare – to write his own story of the
Julius Caesar, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, produced in 1599–1600 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript of a promptbook. Based on Sir Thomas North’s 1579 translation (via a French version) of Plutarch’s Bioi parall
Calpurnia then enters, and entreats Caesar not to leave the house, believing that something bad will happen if he does. She recounts the strange things that happened the night before: a lioness gave birth in the streets of Rome; the dead rose from their graves; and "Fierce fiery warriors...
Click to enlarge Julius Caesar and the Calendar In Julius's honor, the Roman calendar monthQuintiliswas renamedJuly, as it was the month of his birth. Was this done during his lifetime or after his death? Historians can't agree.
Learn about Julius Caesar and the Gallic Wars. Explore the Roman conquest of Gaul, study the effects of Gauls vs. Romans, and view a timeline of...
William Shakespeare - Playwright, Poet, Julius Caesar: Written in 1599 (the same year as Henry V) or 1600, probably for the opening of the Globe Theatre on the south bank of the Thames, Julius Caesar illustrates similarly the transition in Shakespeare’s