Julius Caesar: Military And Political Strength
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Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military
and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a
legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting, his political
manipulations which covered decades of cycles which covered power and l ....
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.... and wealth in early Rome. Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC. His father
belonged to the prestigious Julian clan. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius,
leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the
reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen
dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. Caesar marriage in 84 BC to
Cornelia, the daughter of Marius's associate was a political match. When Lucius
Cornelius Sulla, Mariu ....
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