But Caesar hired a private fleet to hunt them down and had the pirates crucified for their crimes. Reportedly, Caesar acted more like a domineering leader with the pirates than their captive.Īfter his ransom was paid, the pirates let him go. In 75 B.C., as he crossed the Aegean Sea in route to Rhodes to study philosophy and oratory, murderous pirates captured Caesar. After Sulla’s death in 78 B.C., Caesar returned to Rome and became a successful prosecutor widely known for his oratory skills. His family intervened and convinced Sulla to spare Caesar’s life however, Sulla stripped Caesar of his inheritance.ĭespite the reprieve, Caesar left Rome, joined the army and earned the prestigious Civic Crown for his courage at the Siege of Mytilene in 80 B.C. In 82 B.C., Sulla won the civil war and ordered Caesar to divorce Cornelia. Caesar and Cornelia had one child, a daughter named Julia. In 84 B.C., he married Cornelia, the daughter of an ally of Marius.
Instead they were reported as "You, too, my child?"Īfter his father died suddenly in 85 B.C., Caesar became head of his family at age 16 - right in the middle of a civil war between his uncle Marius and the Roman ruler Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Despite his allegedly noble heritage, however, Caesar’s family was not wealthy or particularly influential in Roman politics.ĭid you know? Unlike in the Shakespeare play, Caesar's last words were not "Et tu, Brute?" ("And you, Brutus?"). He was also the nephew of the famous Roman general Gaius Marius.Ĭaesar traced his bloodline to the origins of Rome and claimed to be a descendant of the goddess Venus through the Trojan prince Aeneas and his son Iulus.
Gaius Julius Caesar was born on or around July 13, 100 B.C., to his father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, and his mother Aurelia Cotta. Despite his brilliant military prowess, his political skills and his popularity with Rome’s lower- and middle-class, his rule was cut short when opponents - threatened by his rising power - brutally assassinated him. Julius Caesar was a renowned general, politician and scholar in ancient Rome who conquered the vast region of Gaul and helped initiate the end of the Roman Republic when he became dictator of the Roman Empire.
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