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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pontifex maximus officeHolder Julius Caesar
optimates opposedFigure Julius Caesar
subject surface form: Optimates
Cato the Younger opposedPerson Julius Caesar
Cleopatra VII partner Julius Caesar
Ciarán Hinds playedCharacter Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great politicalAlly Julius Caesar
Mark Antony politicalAllyOf Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great politicalRival Julius Caesar
Louis Calhern portrayed Julius Caesar
this entity surface form: Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar (1953 film)
Cleopatra (1934 film) portrays Julius Caesar
subject surface form: Ab Urbe Condita
Circus Maximus rebuiltBy Julius Caesar
Roman Senate reformedBy Julius Caesar
Corinth refoundedBy Julius Caesar
Gaius Octavius relative Julius Caesar
Mark Antony servedUnder Julius Caesar
Vitruvius servedUnder Julius Caesar
Atia Balba Caesonia uncle Julius Caesar
Baiae visitedBy Julius Caesar
Suetonius wroteAbout Julius Caesar