“Veni, vidi, vici!” translated to I came, I saw, I conquered. Was the simple message sent to the senate of Rome after victory in the east against King Pharnaces of Pontus. Gaius Julius Caesar was deemed as one of the world’s greatest military leaders. Born in Rome and into a senatorial and a patrician family on the 13th of July (the month named after him) 100BC. The nephew of Marius, a famous Roman general. In the early 60s BCs he made his own successful political and military career. Successfully he campaigned for the consulship in 60 bc and strikes a deal with pompey the great and crassus, united called the first triumvirate. Taking role from the dictatorship of sulla Julius Caesar ruled Rome for four years(46bc-44bc). Although he did not rule for long he has surely made his mark in roman history. Caesar set himself unique as a confident individual, joining the military at a young age …show more content…
4 ½ centuries later Julius Caesar rose to power thus threating the principle by his position as council. But then the senators feared that this would lead to a monarchy for what their ancestors fought to eradicate. a group of conspirators called the liberators started to discuss plans for Caesar assassination. Leading them was the senator guyus casus longanus and his bro in law Brutus though it was a hard choice for Brutus to join them as he owes his life to Caesar but he had to because opposing unchecked power wasn’t just a political problem for Brutus it was a personal as he is the defendant of Lucius junius Brutus himself. finally, at a senate meeting when Caesar was to depart on his next military campaign as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him carrying draggers stabbed him from all sides. As the story goes Caesar struggled fiercely for his life until he saw Brutus, his final words where” and you child” falling to the ground after being stabbed 23