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    Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln Betrayal in the political world prevails and has greatly changed the course of world history. Both Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln, two of the most prominent leaders, experienced such betrayal. Despite this, the lives of these two men share more remarkable similarities. Through an analysis of their historical context, their unique similarities and differences will be portrayed. . Born to an aristocratic family around 100 B.C, Gaius Julius Caesar made many

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    Julius Caesar Do you know of the legendary famous and powerful Julius Caesar? Before the time of America, there was the Roman Republic, before technology was even invented, during a harsh and cruel time period for the lives of many. Julius Caesar was the man who started the Great Roman Empire. This Empire lasted for more than 300 years. Julius Caesar was born on 100 B.C. He was raised in the kingdom of Rome. When his father, Gaius Caesar was killed by Pompey

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    Born with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar via his will, and then was named Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. This happened in 44 BC when his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated by a group of conspirators. Additionally, he received the name “Augustus” a term meaning “the revered one” from the Roman Senate in 27 BC. Because of the various names he had, it is

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    June 2017 Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic Julius Caesar was one of if not the greatest ruler the Roman Republic has ever seen. He was born in 100 BC to Aurelia and Gaius Caesar. Although his family was hailed by Roman aristocrats, they were still very poor. When Julius Caesar was only 16 his father died. Rome was very unstable at this time, almost being in chaos. Around the time his father died Caesar decided to make an effort bringing back the nobility of him country. Caesar ended

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    tu, Brute?”” (Caesar 3.1.77). These were the last words Julius Caesar spoke after being ravished by his closest friend Marcus Junius Brutus, and his fellow conspirators. From this time period also came one of the most famous betrayals in history; the betrayal of Jesus Christ by the hand of one of his own disciples, Judas Iscariot. The friendships and betrayals of these two historical figures hold many similarities as well as differences to these biblical individuals. Julius Caesar is had a rough

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    Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln are some of the greatest men in history. Caesar and Lincoln were two very different men in two very different eras in history. Caesar ruled during the Great Roman Empire and Lincoln ruled during the United States’ bloody Civil War. Though they were so different and separated by so many centuries, Caesar and Lincoln also had many similarities. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome as the son of Gaius Caesar and Aurelia. He was of noble and patrician

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    Julius Caesar in the Roman Empire

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    Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Marcus Antonius were three key factors during the time of Julius Caesar in the Roman Empire. Cassius and Brutus were the two main conspirators against Caesar, and Brutus was even the one who assassinated him. Unlike the two of them, Marcus Antonius, Mark Antony, was one of Caesar’s right hand men and won many battles for him, including one against Cassius. While Brutus and Cassius were at the head of the freight train that was headed for Caesar, Antony

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    Gaius Julius Caesar 12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He is also known as an author of Latin prose. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed a political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power as Populares were opposed by the Optimates within

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    Julius Caesar in Rome

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    the one to side against the upper class and change the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Around 100 BC, Aurelia and Gaius Caesar gave birth to a son by the name of Gaius Julius Caesar (McManus, n.d). He was born into a moral upper class family during the perilous times of Rome, when the city was not able to handle its own extent and authority. At the age of 18, Julius Caesar went on

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    that wasn’t politically involved, Julius Caesar worked his way up to his power he had at the end of his life from being not that involved in government, to being one of the best politician and military general known today. During the Legacy unit have been researching people and movements and figuring out what their legacy is. Julius Caesar’s legacy was his rise to power, political career, military career, and writing career. Everyone knows that Julius Caesar was a great politician but not how

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