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Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Also known as: Gaius Julius Caesar
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- In full:
- Gaius Julius Caesar
- Born:
- July 12/13, 100? bce, Rome [Italy]
- Died:
- March 15, 44 bce, Rome
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Julius Caesar (born July 12/13, 100? bce, Rome [Italy]—died March 15, 44 bce, Rome) celebrated Roman general and statesman, the conqueror of Gaul (58–50 bce), victor in the civil war of 49–45 bce, and dictator (46–44 bce), who was launching a series of political and social reforms when he was assassinated by a group of nobles in the Senate House on the Ides of March. He is one of the major figures of Classical antiquity. Caesar changed the course of the history of the Greco-Roman world decisively and irreversibly. The Greco-Roman society has been extinct for so long that most ...(100 of 5947 words)