Julius Caesar Timeline

Question 1

Caesar was born

Answer 1

c. 100 BCE

Question 2

Caesar is made dictator for life

Answer 2

44 BCE

Question 3

Caesar refuses to have a bodyguard protect him despite being warned of personal danger

Answer 3

44 BCE

Question 4

Caesar is assassinated

Answer 4

The Ides of March, 15 March 44 BCE

Question 5

Sulla’s proclamation sent Caesar into hiding

Answer 5

c. 85 BCE

Question 6

Caesar was elected quaestor and obtained a seat in the senate

Answer 6

68-67 BCE

Question 7

Caesar pardons Brutus and Pompey flees to Egypt

Answer 7

48 BCE

Question 8

Caesar was elected military tribune

Answer 8

72 BCE

Question 9

Caesar swims one-handed, using the other to hold important papers above the water, towing his purple cloak by holding it in his teeth so that it would not be captured by the Egyptians

Answer 9

47 BCE

Question 10

‘The Gallic Wars’ is published

Answer 10

51 BCE

Question 11

Caesarion is born

Answer 11

47 BCE

Question 12

Caesar is reported to say, “Veni, vedi, vici.”

Answer 12

47 BCE

Question 13

Caesar led a three month expedition to Britain

Answer 13

54 BCE

Question 14

Caesar has coins minted with his face on them

Answer 14

45 BCE

Question 15

Caesar was awarded the civic crown (oak leaves) for saving the life of a citizen in battle

Answer 15

c. 79 BCE

Question 16

Crossing the Rubicon

Answer 16

49 BCE

Question 17

As dictator, Caesar governed autocratically, more in the manner of a general than a politician

Answer 17

46 BCE

Question 18

In Rome, Caesar celebrates his triumph over Gnaeus Pompey, Pompey the Great’s son

Answer 18

45 BCE

Question 19

Caesar was elected pontifex maximus (chief priest)

Answer 19

63 BCE

Question 20

Caesar was elected consul

Answer 20

59 BCE

Question 21

Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates

Answer 21

75 BCE

Question 22

Caesar landed in Alexandria and was presented with the head of Pompey

Answer 22

48 BCE

Question 23

Caesar was elected curule aedile

Answer 23

65 BCE

Question 24

Formed ‘The First Triumvirate’

Answer 24

60 BCE

Question 25

The Gallic Wars

Answer 25

58-51 BCE