Born in one of the well known families of Rome on July 13, 100 BC, the history of his family can be traced back to Aeneas, the mortal son of goddess Venus. Julius Caesar was named after Julius, the son of Aeneas. Julius Caesar’s whole goal in life was to become the leader of Rome. Since he was a child he had tried to gain office in Roman politics. When he was 22 years old he tried to get in politics, but he failed while doing so. He left Rome at this time and went to Rhodes under the circumstance that he had to divorce his wife, Corneli

Backing up to before Caesar was general he held lots more offices than those of what most people believe. Through 69-68 BC, he served as quaetorship to further the province of Spain. From 67 to 62 BC, Pompey was absent due to his campaigns against the Mediterranean. Pompey was one of the consuls for Rome at the time. While Pompey was gone, Caesar married Ponpeia after Cornelia’s death and then was appointed aedile in 65 BC. Soon after in the year of 62 BC he divorced Pompeia. Caesar gained great popularity while being aedile by hosting his famous gladiatorial games. The problem that he faced while being aedile was that he didn’t have any money and being an aedile costs lots of money. So he turned to a man named Crassus to borrow money. This united the two men that would later become very important. Caesar then formed an alliance with Pompey and Crassus forming what they called the first triumvirate. To strengthen Caesar relationship with Pompey, he gave his daughter to Pompey. After Pompey married Julius’s daughter, Caesar was backed by Pompey thus resulting in Caesar getting elected to Consul in 59 BC. This same year he married another girl named Calpurnia. A year after this, which was 58 BC; he was appointed governor of Roman Gaul. Since Gaul was still independent Caesar decided to conquer it and make it Rome’s property. This war is what Caesar is most famous for. Caesar conquered the Gaul people that outnumbered him by at least five to one. Gaul is mostly now what we c

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