Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and dictator whose military conquests and political reforms paved the way for the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general
Roman statesman
author
consul of the Roman Republic
dictator of the Roman Republic
historian
human
orator
triumvir
adoptedAsHeir Gaius Octavius
adoptiveSon Augustus
Gaius Octavius
alliedWith Cleopatra VII
assassinatedBy Gaius Cassius Longinus
Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman senators
assassinationDate Ides of March 44 BC
birthDate 100 BC
birthPlace Roman Republic
Rome
burialPlace Roman Forum
causeOfDeath assassination
stab wounds
child Ptolemy XV Caesarion
surface form: Caesarion

Julia
citizenship Roman
commanded Roman legions in Gaul
commemoratedBy month of July
crossed Rubicon River
crossingOfRubicon 49 BC
culture Ancient Roman
deathDate 15 March 44 BC
44 BC
deathPlace Rome
Theatre of Pompey
education Greek language
rhetoric
eponymOf month of July
era Late Roman Republic
famousQuote Alea iacta est
Veni, vidi, vici
father Gaius Julius Caesar (the Elder)
surface form: Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder
hadRelationshipWith Cleopatra VII
honorificTitle Julius
surface form: Divus Julius
inspiredWork Julius Caesar (1953 film)
surface form: William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar
introduced Julian calendar
knownFor Julian calendar
centralization of power in Rome
conquest of Gaul
crossing the Rubicon
reforms of the Roman calendar
role in the fall of the Roman Republic
languageSpoken Latin
legacy end of the Roman Republic
paved the way for the Roman Empire
memberOf First Triumvirate
militaryConflict Caesar’s civil war
surface form: Caesar’s Civil War

Gallic Wars
Roman civil wars
militaryRank imperator
mother Aurelia Cotta
name Gaius Julius Caesar
notableWork Commentarii de Bello Civili
Gallic Wars
surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
opposedBy Gaius Cassius Longinus
Marcus Junius Brutus
Pompey the Great
surface form: Pompey

optimates
partnerInTriumvirateWith Marcus Licinius Crassus
Pompey the Great
surface form: Pompey
politicalAlignment populares
positionHeld pontifex maximus
surface form: Pontifex Maximus

Roman consul
dictator perpetuo of the Roman Republic
governor of Cisalpine Gaul
governor of Transalpine Gaul
praetor
proconsul of Gaul
posthumousDeification deified by the Roman state
reformed Roman Senate
Roman calendar
Roman provincial administration
debt laws
grain dole system
relative Gaius Octavius
religion Roman polytheism
socialClass patrician
spouse Calpurnia
Cornelia
Pompeia
tribe Julii family
surface form: Julia gens

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Augustus adoptedBy Julius Caesar
Augustus adoptiveFather Julius Caesar
Cleopatra VII alliedWith Julius Caesar
Antipater the Idumaean ally Julius Caesar
Apostle Paul appealedTo Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Caesar
Pharsalus associatedWithFigure Julius Caesar
Roman Agora builtUnder Julius Caesar
Latin classicalAuthors Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Caesar
Germanicus cognomen Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Caesar
Pharsalus combatant Julius Caesar
subject surface form: Battle of Pharsalus
Gallic Wars commander Julius Caesar
Basilica Julia commissionedBy Julius Caesar
Curia Julia commissionedBy Julius Caesar
Suebi conflictWith Julius Caesar
Gaul conqueredBy Julius Caesar
Germania conqueredInPartBy Julius Caesar
Temple of Divus Julius dedicatedTo Julius Caesar
Caesar’s civil war documentedBy Julius Caesar
Gallic Wars documentedBy Julius Caesar
Circus Maximus enlargedBy Julius Caesar
Caesar’s civil war hasCommander Julius Caesar
Late Roman Republic hasKeyFigure Julius Caesar
Imperator heldBy Julius Caesar
Shakespearean tragedies includesWork Julius Caesar
Gaius Marius influenced Julius Caesar
Hyrcanus II influencedBy Julius Caesar
Julian calendar introducedBy Julius Caesar
Carthage laterRebuiltBy Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great lostBattleTo Julius Caesar
Cleopatra (1934 film) mainCharacter Julius Caesar
Suebi mentionedBy Julius Caesar
Mark Antony militaryAllyOf Julius Caesar
Caesarea in Cappadocia namedAfter Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Caesar
Julian calendar namedAfter Julius Caesar
Atia Balba Caesonia nieceOf Julius Caesar
Roman Republic notableFigure Julius Caesar
Roman aediles notableOfficeHolder Julius Caesar
Roman Antiquity notableRuler Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz notableWork Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Julius Caesar (1953 film)
Louis Calhern notableWork Julius Caesar
Marlon Brando notableWork Julius Caesar
Smog notableWork Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare notableWork Julius Caesar