![]() ![]() His acquaintances in Rome, the relatives of Aurelia, and even the Vestal Virgins, but above all, liked by Sulla, Aurelius Cotta, pleaded for Caesar to enable him to return safely to Rome. A large ransom paid to the soldiers allowed Caesar to save his life and freedom. When he was transported on a stretcher to another place, he was captured by Sulla’s army. The inconvenience of these hiding places caused him a serious illness. Caesar also lost Cornelia’s dowry, but Sulla guaranteed him inviolability.Ĭaesar, however, did not believe Sulla, who had previously broken his promise and he fled in a hurry to the mountains. She was the daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, the second leader of the Populares after Gaius Marius. However, just in 82 BCE, he lost it because he had refused to follow the order of Sulla, who imposed a divorce on him with Cornelia. At the age of sixteen, in 84 BCE, he received – thanks to Marius – the first political and religious office – the title of the priest of the god Jupiter ( flamen Dialis). The struggle between these parties also touched Caesar. This party, which forced changes in the State, was in a disadvantageous position since in 82 BCE Sulla was a dictator in Rome, the leader of the conservative party – the Optimates. His father was Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder, after whom he inherited the names.Ĭaesar was the nephew of Julia – wife of Marius, leader of the Populares in Rome. One of them says that Caesar was to be born thanks to a Cesarean section (hence the name), but it is rather a modern invention because in the past such a procedure was performed only in the case of a woman’s death during childbirth, while Caesar’s mother, Aurelia Cotta died in 54 BCE. Various legends were disseminated about his childhood. We do not know much about Caesar’s childhood because ancient historians were not interested in the lives of children who were not idealized like adults. Before his death, he adopted Gaius Octavius in his last will, designating him as his heir. Murdered during the Ides of March by senators led by Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius. He gained fame thanks to his exile in Gaul and thanks to the help of his soldiers he managed to overcome the opposition, focused on the Senate and Pompey, and then, after many years of fighting, take over the full power in Rome. ![]() After their death, he held successively the offices of quaestor, aedile, praetor, consul and dictator. One of the members of the populares, is related to Cinna and Marius. Son of Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder, whose political career was not impressive and Aurelia Cotta. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on 12 July 100 BCE (according to Mommsen and Dio, he was born on 13 July and gained his fame thanks to the governorship in Gaul). It is one of the three surviving busts of the dictator that were made during his lifetime. 49-45 BCE), found in Rhone, near Arles, in France. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far EastĪ marble bust of Caesar (c. ![]()
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