He became very popular with the lower and middle-class Romans, but many senators despised him and were concerned about him having too much power as dictator. He has, however, already reformed the Senate in that short period and made changes in how local governments worked. At the time, Julius Caesar had been declared dictator by the Senate and had only served a year’s term. How did Julius Caesar die? Julius Caesar died from being stabbed to death by a mob of conspirators in a place just next to the Theatre of Pompey, in 44 BC on the Roman Ides of March. From there he worked himself up until he, himself became dictator of Rome. With no other way to provide for his family, Caesar decided to join the army. He was however no longer allowed to be a priest and Cornelia’s dowry was confiscated. He targeted Caesar, who fled Rome, but his mother’s family successfully convinced the ruler to lift his sentence. Sulla, the Roman ruler at the time declared himself to be dictator of rome and started to purge his enemies systematically. This led him to break off his current engagement with a plebeian girl and to marry Cornelia, a patrician and daughter of a the influential Lucius Cinna (member of the Populares). He got himself nominated as Jupiter’s High Priest, but was required to not only be a patrician, but to also be married to one. Caesar was already very ambitious and decided that his family would benefit most if he would become a priest. Rome at the time was very unstable, struggling to manage its influence and size. Julius Caesar’s YouthĬaesar’s father died when he was only sixteen, leaving him as the head of the house. His aunt, Julia was the leader of the Popular faction, Gaius Marius’ wife. His parents were Gaius Julius Caesar (a praetor) and Aurelia and although he belonged to a noble family, they weren’t very influential or rich during this time. The exact date of Julius Caesar’s birth is not known, but historians claim it to be on July 12 or 13, 100 or 102 BC in Rome. * Romulus and Remus illustration by: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT When was Julius Caesar Born? The legend ends by telling how Romulus was carried up to the heavens by his father, Mars, and was worshipped as the God Quirinus. The war went on for many years but eventually the Sabine tribe and Romulus reached an agreement and the Sabines became a part of Rome under the Kingship of Romulus.
The Sabine tribe were not happy about this and declared war on Rome. He stole women from the Sabine tribe to provide wives for the slaves and criminals and to populate his new city. The legend says that Romulus became the first King of Rome in 753BC and populated his new city with runaway slaves and convicted criminals. Romulus was so annoyed that he killed Remus and said the he would kill anyone who mocked his city or tried to break through the walls of Rome. One day, Remus visited Romulus and made fun of his wall by jumping over it and saying how easily it could be breached. They could not reach an agreement and so each began to build his own city enclosed with walls.
Remus favoured the Aventine Hill but Romulus wanted to use the Palatine Hill. After doing this they decided to build a city of their own but could not agree where to build it. The two young men discovered who they really were and decided to kill Amulius and put their grandfather back on the throne.
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“If I Were Sent Back in Time to the Roman Empire, How Would I Take Over?”įor the full “History Unplugged” podcast, click here ! They grew up and were found by the shepherd Faustulus, who took them home and looked after them until they were grown up. However, the boys were rescued by a she-wolf who fed the babies with her own milk and cared for them. When the boys were born, Amulius seized them, put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. Numitor’s brother, Amulius, had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. Their father was Mars, the God of War, their mother was Rhea Silvia, a vestal virgin and daughter of the King, Numitor. Scroll down to see more articles about the history of the Romans. By 285 CE the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome and so was divided by Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) into a Western and an Eastern Empire.Ĭlick here to see more posts in this category. The Romans and their empire at its height in 117 CE was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization.
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