Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is no doubt the most famous Roman of them all! He conquered Gaul in a great campaign which is still used in studies for teaching generals today. His victories in Gaul brought into the empire what should now become one of the most important new territories in the empire. Caesar, on the staff of a military legate, he was awarded the civic crown for saving the lives of a citizens in the battle. His general sent him on an embassy to Nicomedes, to take over a fleet of ships. Caesar was very successful in this hitman. After that, Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held for a long time. He maintained a friendly, joking relationship with the pirates in mean while all the money was being raised, but warned them that he would track them down and have them killed after he was released. He did just that, with the help of others, but he first cut their throats and let them suffering because they had treated him well. …show more content…
After some months, Caesar tried to capture Pharos, a great lighthouse on an island in the harbor. At one point when cut off from his men he had to jump in the water and swim to safety to retrieve. “Plutarch says that he swam with one hand, using the other to hold some important papers above the water”, Suetonius adds that he also “towed his purple general's cloak by holding it in his teeth so that it would not be captured by the Egyptians.” Caesar had sent lots of troops to Roman and the army of an ally. When they arrived outside Alexandria, he marched out to join them and on March 26, he defeated the Egyptians. He had been trapped in the palace for six months straight. When Caesar arrived back in Rome and settled the problems that Antony had cause. In a brilliant speech, Caesar brought them around totally, and after some difficult battles, he defeated the Optimates at Thapsus, after which Cato killed himself instead of being killed by