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Julius is born in Rome. -
Caesar and Cornelia had a successful marriage, and she gave him his only legitimate child, Julia. Unfortunately, Cornelia died prematurely in 69 BC at the age of 28.
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After winning a lot of land and becoming famous, he becomes a consul
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He returned to Rome in 60 BC and, the following year, was elected consul, the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was a war hero who had been badly treated by the Senate, while Crassus was a multimillionaire. -
As consul, Caesar introduced a bill for the allotment of Roman public lands in Italy, on which the first charge was to be a provision for Pompey's soldiers.
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Julius Caesar invaded Britain twice: in 55 and 54 BC. On the first occasion Caesar took with him only two legions, and achieved little beyond a landing on the coast of Kent.
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A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
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Brutus along with his fellow patricians organized an assassination plan, then stabbed Caesar 23 times.