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Denise Spivey


Julius Caesar: The Life and Tragic Death of Rome’s Greatest Leader

Though he made infinite contributions to the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar, with his heroic, military and arrogant leadership qualities, may have unintentionally aided in the conspiracy that lead to his own death. During the mid year of 100 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar was not born into a family who was rich nor had any influence over the political status that he eventually acquired. He was instead born to a woman named Aurelia whose husband was also Gaius Julius Caesar, Caesar’s father (“Julius Caesar�). It was said that Caesar’s birth was very complicated and he had to be pulled from an incision in his mother’s stomach. The term Cesarean was said to have derived from Caesar’s birth. During the time of his birth, Caesar’s uncle by marriage, Gaius Marius, was a great leader in Rome thus making Caesar a member of a family with high political status (“C. Julius Caesar�). Even......

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