Julius Caesar Biography
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Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC on the 13th day of Quintilis,
which we now call July in honor of him. He belonged to a powerful family
because Caesar's father's sister married Gaius Marius, the leading man in
Rome at the time.
Caesar's father, Gaius, reached the post praetor, an official in
char ....
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.... conquest of the
island Lesbos, Caesar gained a prize for bravery. Later he was captured by
pirates and paid the usual ransom of 25 talents (500 kg) of silver.
When Sulla (the dictator in Rome) died, Caesar felt safe to return
to Italy where he started a career as a criminal lawyer. In 75 BC he went
to Rhodes for more education and was once again captured by pirates, who
asked the usual tariff. Caesar demanded it doubled and threatened to kill
them. After the ransom was paid, he defeated t ....
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