A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.

The title character in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, written in 1599, is stabbed to death by Roman senators. The play draws on the real-life assassination of Julius Caesar, 2,061 years ago.

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius ... Crassus’s death had been moving politically closer to the aristocratic optimates. After the fighting was ended in Gaul, Caesar was obliged ...

Julius Caesar ... years of life cuts off so many years of fearing death. Marcus Brutus:Stoop, Romans, stoop, and let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood up to the elbows, and besmear our swords ...

His main work, “Lives of the Caesars,” gave a vivid picture of Rome from the time of Julius Caesar to the Emperor Domitian. In this book, Suetonius organized his biographies not by person ...

After Sulla’s death, Caesar returned to Rome, where he rapidly climbed the cursus honorum, serving as quaestor in 69 BC, praetor in 62 BCE, and finally being elected consul in 59 BCE.

Antony reveals his true feelings about Brutus, Cassius, and the rest of the group that killed Caesar - they are traitors and should be viewed as such. Julius Caesar's popularity soars when he ...

When Cassius is reassured on this count he reveals his own fear of Caesar’s growing power, probes Brutus’s feelings on the matter, and tries to persuade him that something must be done about ...

Julius Caesar's popularity soars when he returns to Rome victorious after defeating the sons of Pompey. While the commoners continue to worship Caesar, the leaders of Rome become wary of Caesar's ...