Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator who conquered Gaul, beat Pompey, reformed the calendar and was assassinated in 44 BCE.
PersonAlso known as Gaius Julius Caesar
100 BCE O.S. – 15 Mar 44 BCE O.S.
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ally of
Cleopatra
enemy of
Pompey
adopted
Augustus
conquered
Gaul
invented
Julian calendar
killed by
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- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q1048
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- parent of:
Cleopatra said he was the father; Caesar let the boy use his name, and his friend Oppius wrote a pamphlet denying it.
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- ally of:
- Cleopatra48 BCE O.S. – 15 Mar 44 BCE O.S.
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- enemy of:
- Pompey49 BCE O.S. – 48 BCE O.S.
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- Vercingetorix52 BCE O.S.
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- adopted:
- Augustussince 15 Mar 44 BCE O.S.
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- conquered:
- Gaul58 BCE O.S. – 50 BCE O.S.
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- invented:
- Julian calendarsince 46 BCE O.S.
Reform worked out with the astronomer Sosigenes.
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- killed by:
- Marcus Junius Brutus15 Mar 44 BCE O.S.
One of more than sixty senators in the plot.
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- wrote:
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Appears in24 items
- Ancient Egypt2 items
- Cleopatra: The Last Queen of Egypt15 items
- Rome recognises Ptolemy XII, for a price59 BCE O.S.
- Pompey murdered at Pelusiumc. Jul 48 BCE O.S.
- Smuggled to Caesar in a bedsackc. Aug 48 BCE O.S.
- The Alexandrian Warc. Sep 48 BCE O.S.
- Fire in the harbourc. Oct 48 BCE O.S.
- Caesar swims for it at the Pharosc. Nov 48 BCE O.S.
- Battle of the Nile; Ptolemy XIII drownsc. Jan 47 BCE O.S.
- Co-rule with Ptolemy XIVc. Jan 47 BCE O.S.
- Up the Nile with Caesarc. Mar 47 BCE O.S.
- Caesarion is bornJun 47 BCE O.S.
- In Rome, at Caesar’s villa46 BCE O.S.
- Arsinoe paraded in Caesar’s triumph46 BCE O.S.
- A golden statue in the Temple of Venus Genetrix46 BCE O.S.
- The Julian calendar takes effect1 Jan 45 BCE O.S.
- The Ides of March · victim15 Mar 44 BCE O.S.
- Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire7 items
