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When was Gaius Julius Caesar born?

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100BCE, in Rome

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What was his uncle called

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Gaius Marius

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Who were his parents

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Gaius Julius Caesar senior and Aurelia

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what was his aunt called

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His aunt was called Julia.

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How many siblings did he have?

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2: Julia major and Julia minor

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When was Sulla’s civil war

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88 BC

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What was Sulla’s full name

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

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Why was Caesar involved in the civil war

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because Gaius Marius was the opposition to Sulla

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when did Caesar’s father die

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85BC when Caesar was 15

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What priestly position was Julius Caesar given

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Flamen Dialis - the high priest of Jupiter.

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When was Sulla’s second civil war?

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83 BCE

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Where and when did Caesar flee to?

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82 BC to Asia as a soldier. He was forced to give up his position as Flamen Dialis.

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Who was Caesar’s first wife

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Aurelius.

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Why did Sulla not approve of this marriage?

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because Caesar was from a patrician family and Aurelia was from a Plebeian family

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What did Sulla famously say upon their meeting?

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I will let him live, but he will be the one to crumble the republic.

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when was the republic formed and why

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509 BCE because a group of noble men overthrew the king.

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How long was Sulla dictator for?

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3 years from 82 BCE to 79 BCE

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When did Sulla die

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78 BCE letting Caesar return to Rome

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When was Caesar’s daughter born

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76 BCE

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What was her name?

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Julia

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When was Caesar captured by Cilician pirates?

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75 BCE when travelling to Rhodes

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What did he tell the pirates?

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he told them to raise the ransom as he was worth more and that when he got back he would have them all killed, which he did.

23
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Who did Caesar become in debt to for which position?

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Marcus Licinius Crassus for Pontifex maximus.

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What year did this happen?

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63BCE

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What did he famously say to his mother before he left?

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I will either come back as pontifex Maximus, or not at all because he wouldn’t be able to pay the debt.

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What did the Pontifex Maximus do

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They were the High priest of religious law

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When did Cornelia die?

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69BCE

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Who and when did Caesar next marry?

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Pompeia in 67 BCE

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When was caesar elected as a Pontiff

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73 BCE. He was one of 15 serving the Pontifex Maximus

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When was he elected an Aedile?

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65 BCE meaning he had to look over public buildings and festivals.

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What happened in 62BCE

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He was elected as praetor and proconsul (military leader) of Hispania Ulterior at the south west of Spain.

32
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When did he divorce Pompeia

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61BCE

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When was the first triumvirate formed

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60 BC between Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Marcus Lucinius Crassus.

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When was Caesar elected consul?

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59 BCE

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What else happened in 59 BCE

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Pompey marries Julia and Caesar marries Calpurnia.

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What happened in 58 BCE?

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He campaigned against the Helvetti and Suebi

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what happened in 57 BCE

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he campaigned against the Belgae

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What happened in 56 BCE

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the confrence of Lucca , campaign against Venetti and battle of Morbihan

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When was his second incursion to Britain?

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54 BCE

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Why did he have to comeback

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His daughter and mother dies in the same year. Daughter did in child birth.

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Where was Crassus situated

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Crassus was situated in East Anatolia, invading the Parthians. He died there in 53BCE

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What else happened in 53 BCE

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the Eburones and Nervii tribes rebelled in Gaul. They were put under Roman rule.

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What happened in 52 BCE

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the siege of Alesia by Vercingetorix

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How long did this last

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until 51 BCE, it ended the gallic wars.

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Why did the triumvirate fall apart

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Marcus Lucinius Crassus was dead and Julia had died breaking the connection between Caesar and Pompey.

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What did the current consul give Pompey

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A sword, representing his dominion over Rome’s great armies.

47
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What letter was sent to Julius

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That he was an exile and if he crossed into Rome a civil war would start

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what significant event started the civil war

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Caesar crossing the Rubicon with Legio XIII

49
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Where did the biggest fight happen

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the spanish campaign against the optimates

50
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What year did this happen

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49 BCE

51
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Where was the battle of Pharlases

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Farsala, Greece in 48 BCE

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