the region south of the Alps governed by Julius Caesar. Despite its appearance, crossing this humble river would have serious consequences. According to the law of the Roman Republic, any ...

Julius Caesar was a key figure in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. A brilliant general, he led military campaigns that greatly expanded Rome’s territory.

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history ... the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power ...

Despite ill omens, Julius Caesar approaches the Theatre of Pompey ... This is a Short History of the Roman Republic. Written by Kate Simants. With thanks to Dr. David Gwynn, Professor of Roman ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens ... anarchy and only might was right. Julius Caesar was convinced something had ...

This sparked yet another civil war that doomed the Roman Republic to mutate into ... In "The Life of the Deified Julius," Suetonius writes that Caesar quoted an Athenian playwright as he crossed ...

Julius Caesar's popularity soars when he returns to Rome victorious after defeating the sons of Pompey. While the commoners continue to worship Caesar, the leaders of Rome become wary of Caesar's ...

This is illustrated by one notable incident in the ancient Roman's life (involving pirates, of all things). In his account of Caesar's life, Plutarch writes that, as a young man, Julius Caesar was ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with imperial decline.

We know the names of very few Roman centurions and legionaries, mostly those found on inscriptions and ... The reason for their fame is none other than Julius Caesar himself mentioning them in his ...