“Veni, vidi, vici. ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’ These are the words of the man who changed the course of Greco-Roman history. Julius Caesar was born in Rome on July 12 or 13, in the year 100 BC. Julius Caesars mother Aurelia was very influential in his life. Caesar’s family was part of Rome’s original aristocracy, called patricians, even though they were not rich. In 86 BC, Caesar was appointed flamen dialis with the help of his uncle by marriage, Gaius Marius. In 82 BC, Caesar was ordered to divorce his wife by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an enemy of the radicals. Caesar refused and prudently left Rome for military service in Asia and Cilicia. Caesar traveled to Rome Rhodes to study rhetoric and was captured by pirates. In 69 or 68 BC, Caesar was elected quaestor. His wife died shortly after. He ended up marrying Pompeia, a relative of Pompey. Caesar was elected curule aedile in 65 BC, pontifex maximus in 63 BC, and a praetor in 62 BC. Caesar was made governor of Farther Spain in 61 BC. He was then elected consul in 59 BC. During that year he also married Calpurnia. The next year Caesar was appointed governor of Roman Gaul. The next 8 years, Caesar successfully conquered Gallic Gaul to the north. On January 10-11, 49 BC, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, a small river separating Gaul from Italy, signifying the start of the Roman Civil War. In 48 BC, Caesar assumed the title of dictator. On March 15, 44 BC, a day known as the Ides of March, Caesar entered the Senate House. As Caesar entered the Senate, he was stabbed 23 times.