Julius Ceasar
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Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course
of the history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. (3)
With his strength and courage he created a strong empire . What
happened during his early political career? How did he become such a
strong dictator ....
Middle of paper
.... twice and captured by Roman
armies, first in 87 BC by the leaders of the populares, his uncle Marius
and Cinna.. Cinna was killed the year that Caesar had married Cinna’s
daughter Cornelia. The second attack upon the city was carried our by
Marius’ enemy Sulla, leader of the optimates, in 82 BC on the latter’s
return from the East. On each occasion the massacre of political
opponents was followed by the confiscation of their property. The
proscriptions of Sulla, which pr ....
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