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Heyy guys, its been awhile! I am busy working on school work! I can’t believe we are almost done with school! I don’t want it to end. Well… I wrote this essay on Julius Caesar in my English class. I haven’t gotten my grade back on it yet, but tell me what you think!

Ancient Rome influenced the modern world more than any other era. One of the areas that is most fascinating is the great emperor, Julius Caesar. Three things stood out while researching Julius Caesar; his childhood, his dictatorship/ military years, and his assassination.

On July 12, 100 B.C, Julius Caesar was born into a influential and aristocratic family. According to, http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/caesar.html, his family was expecting him to have an occupation in a modest office at the “lower end of the Roman political career.” When Caesar was 15 his father, Lucius, passed. Along with his fatherly figure, the expectations of him in a modest office job, died too. Caesar immediately set out to make something of himself. Starting when he was 16, he married into a more distinguished family. Unfortunately this hurt him more than it helped him, he made connections with the wrong people and Sulla, dictator at the time, arrested him for being acquainted with supporters of Marius. Sulla spared Julius’ life, among others, and Julius left Rome to let all Sulla’s resentment die down.

Soon after leaving Rome, Julius joined the army as a provincial governor. His first assignment was in Cilicia, where he proved his courageousness when he saved the life of a comrade. Even after Caesar left the army, it was still too early for him to return to his life in Rome. He spent his time getting a higher education so when he finally decided to go back he would be a public speaker and had training in rhetoric speaking. One day while on a ship to Rhodes, pirates captured Caesar and held him hostage for a large ransom. When Julius was finally released he made sure each and every one of the pirates that were in on his kidnapping was crucified. That was when the real leader came out in Caesar. Caesar returned to Rome after the regime had changed. He learned that his first wife had died so once again he married into a family that could help him politically. But soon after the wedding, they were divorced because Caesar suspected her of being unfaithful. He stayed single for a while and focused and determined to please everybody. “He showed himself perfectly prepared to serve and flatter everybody, even ordinary people… and he did not mind temporarily groveling” - Dio Cassius.

Finally, after many years of getting people on his side, Caesar was confirmed dictator of Rome. Quickly citizens and competing countries realized Caesar was not just a conqueror, he was a builder. He immediately began measures to build Rome up, but Rome could never be a whole country because some Romans were still hesitant that Caesar was going to pronounce himself king. Julius Caesar was dictator/ king in all ways, except title. Former Pompeians, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, were at fault for Caesar’s assassination. Apparently, conspirators lured him into a back room to show him petition plans, and that is were he was ambushed and stabbed 23 times. Julius Caesar was pronounced dead on March 15, 44 B.C at the age of 56.

Our modern world would not be the same without the Ancient Roman influences, one of these being Julius Caesar. Obviously, Caesar had a plenty adventuress life, all the way from his childhood to his military year to his unfortunate murder.