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Comparing Julius Caesar And Abraham Lincoln

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As human beings, we all have our distinctive qualities. That's what makes us our own individual. But in some cases what we do in our lives may be similar to what others have done as well. Today in this essay we will be comparing Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln. Both very successful men with different paths, but also haven gone through similar events. Julius Caesar, the once popular leader of the Roman Republic was born on a debatable date but experts say that he was born in between c. July 12th or 13th 100 BC to March 15th, 44BC. His family was far from rich. They were a humble family living in Rome. Unfortunately, when Caeser was only 16 years of age, his father, Gaius Caeser passed. Right after the death of his father, Julius …show more content…

He loved her dearly, but his wife's father Sulla ordered them to separate. The young Caeser refused, forcing him to run away to join the military. Eventually, his first marriage didn't work out. But Caeser had multiple lovers, including Queen Cleopatra herself. In those years when he first escaped Rome for a while, he gained his political recognition. With many enemies defeated upon the wars taken place on January 10th to 11th 49 BC Caeser's life was in danger. Only one year served after being named a dictator for life, Caeser was murdered on March 15, 44 BCE by a mob of people, led by his once allies Longinus & Brutus stabbing him to death. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born on February 12th, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His mother died when Abraham was nine years old due to a milk disease. He also had two older siblings, who died in their infancy. Lincoln wasn't too fond of his father, describing him as lazy and not wanting to be like him at all. But on the bright side of things, he really bonded with his stepmother Sarah Bush Johnston. When Lincoln was 22 years old, he moved out of his family house and set

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