Timeline: Life of Julius Caesar

100 BCE

Birth

Julius Caesar is born in Rome and is part of the julii family

84 BCE

Married and head of the family

Married Cornelia Cinna and after his father died became the head of the family

81 BCE

First contact with war

Served in the Roman army in Turkey

77 BCE

Lawyer

Became a lawyer for two years and gained a name for the way he attacked and defended in court.

75 BCE

Kidnapped

Captured by pirates and held to ransom while en route to Rhodes to learn the skills of public speaking. He was released after a month. Later in the same year he killed the pirates.

65 BCE

Aedile

Served as aedile – responsibility for temples, buildings and the Games.

62 BCE

Praetor

Served as Praetor- the commander of an army.

61 BCE

Governor

Served as Governor of Spain

60 BCE

First Triumvirate

Formed an unofficial alliance (first triumvirate) with Pompey and Crassus. In return for support Caesar would support measures that would benefit them.

58 BCE

Governor of Gaul

Governor of Roman Gaul – He set about planning to conquer all of Gaul and his subsequent conquest is known as the Gallic Wars

55 BCE

Expedition to Britain

Made an expedition to Britain, landed on the beach at Deal but was unable to progress further inland

52 BCE

End of the Gallic Wars

The gauls were finally defeated in the battle of Alesia

51 BCE

Return to rome

Ordered to return to Rome from the Gaul unarmed by Pompey

49 BCE

Start of the civil war

Crossed the Rubicon river with his thirteenth legion and marched on Rome. The act is taken as a move of aggression taking Rome to Civil War

48 BCE

End of the Civil War

After Defeating Pompey in Greece, he fleed to Egypt where Ptolemy XIII killed him in order to ask for support to Julius the Egyptian Civil War. However, Caesar was horrified by the murder of Pompey and decided to support Cleopatra instead of Ptolomy XIII.

47 BCE