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"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure (snášet) pain with patience (trpělivost, vytrvalost)."

Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar

• Born: July 12 100 BC

• Birthplace: Rome, Roman Republic

• Died: March 15, 44 BC

• Place of death: Rome

• Father: Gaius Julius Caesar

• Mother: Aurelia Cotta

Early life

• Caesar had two sisters, both called Julia. • Little else is recorded of Caesar's childhood. • In 85 BC Caesar's father died suddenly while

putting on his shoes one morning, without any apparent cause, and at sixteen, Caesar was the head of the family.

Known for

• Conquering Celtic Gaul and invading Britain

• Beginning Rome's transition from republic to empire

Milestones

• 65 BC went into debt (zadlužit se) by sponsoring gladiatorial games to advance his political career

• 58 BC Was appointed (jmenovat) proconsul (governor) of Roman Gaul

Milestones

• 55, 54 BC Twice invaded Britain, in what was the first extension of Roman influence to that island

• 48 BC Defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in Greece

Milestones

• 44 BC a group of senators called Caesar to the forum for the purpose of reading a petition, written by the senators, asking him to hand power back to the Senate. However, the petition was a fake.

• Was assassinated by a group of jealous senators.

Quote

• 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'

47 BC, on the occasion of a quick military victory against the king of Pontus in Asia Minor.

Did You Know

• No previous Roman leader had held so many powerful offices simultaneously.

• In addition to his military prowess (statečnost, srdnatost), Caesar was a gifted writer, poet, and scholar.

Did You Know

• Caesar decided to use a solar measure of time that became known as the Julian calendar; his system is the basis of the modern calendar. He changed the name of the month Quintilis to Julius (July), after himself.

Did You Know

• SPQR – is an initialism from a Latin phrase,

Senatus Populusque Romanus

("The Senate and the People of Rome„)

The End