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Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Chronology
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Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Chronology
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Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Cursus Honorum
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Cursus Honorum
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coligny Calendar: Encyclopedia - Coligny Calendar
The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France (46°23′N 5°21′E) near Lyons in 1897, along with the head of a bronze...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult: Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult
An Imperial cult is a cult in which an Emperor, or a dynasty of emperors, are worshipped as demigods or deities. Imperial cult - Ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar: Encyclopedia - Caesar
Caesar (Latin:CAESAR, IPA: 'kaɪsɑr ["kae-sahr"], common English IPA:siːzɚ ["see-zr"]) was originally a cognomen in ancient Rome, deri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 48 Bc: Encyclopedia - 48 Bc
48 BC - Events. Roman Civil War: January 4, Caesar landed at Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) March, Antony joined Caesar April, Siege of Dyrrha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Axona: Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Axona
The Battle of the Axona was fought in 57 BC between the Roman army of Julius Caesar and the Belgae. The Belgae were led by King Galba of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Caesar: Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Caesar
The conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar involved a number of high ranking Romans who did assassinate Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 60 Bc: Encyclopedia - 60 Bc
60 BC - Events. Gaius Julius Caesar suppressed an uprising and conquered all of Lusitania for Rome Creation of the First Triumvirate, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commius: Encyclopedia - Commius
Commius (Commios, Comius) was a historical king of the Belgic nation of the Atrebates, initially in Gaul, then in Britain, in the 1st cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar Cut: Encyclopedia - Caesar Cut
The Caesar cut is a men's hairstyle, with a short, horizontally straight cut fringe. The hair is layered to around 1 to 2 inches all over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 47 Bc: Encyclopedia - 47 Bc
47 BC - Events. February - Roman general Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Que...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 44 Bc: Encyclopedia - 44 Bc
44 BC - Events. End of Roman Republic period and establishment of Roman Empire. March 15 - (the Ides of March) - Julius Caesar, dictat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar Title: Encyclopedia - Caesar Title
Caesar (p. Caesares) is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar ("Julius Caesar"), the Roman d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 49 Bc: Encyclopedia - 49 Bc
49 BC - Events. The Great Roman Civil War commences - January 1 - The Roman Senate receives a proposal from Julius Caesar that he and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 55 Bc: Encyclopedia - 55 Bc
55 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Gallic Wars May - Julius Caesar defeats a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar Cipher: Encyclopedia - Caesar Cipher
In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as a Caesar's cipher or the shift cipher, is one of the simplest and most widely-known encry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneas's Family Tree: Encyclopedia - Aeneas's Family Tree
Aeneas was a Trojan who escaped the Sack of Troy and founded Alba Longa. This gives a list of his descendants and the descendants of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cassivellaunus: Encyclopedia - Cassivellaunus
Cassivellaunus was a historical British chieftain who led the defence against Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC. He a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 58 Bc: Encyclopedia - 58 Bc
58 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and Aulus Gabinius Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman tribune, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 59 Bc: Encyclopedia - 59 Bc
59 BC - Events. Roman Republic consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known as "the consulship of Julius and Cae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 45 Bc: Encyclopedia - 45 Bc
45 BC - Events. Rome January 1 - Julian calendar goes into effect March 17 - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius: Encyclopedia - Lucius
Lucius is one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome. Famous men with this forename (praenomen) incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 57 Bc: Encyclopedia - 57 Bc
57 BC - Events. India The city of Ajodhya is restored by King Vikramaditya Roman Republic Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caswallawn: Encyclopedia - Caswallawn
In Welsh mythology, Caswallawn son of Beli was a legendary king of Britain who fought Julius Caesar. He is the mythological counterpart o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bibracte: Encyclopedia - Bibracte
Bibracte was the capital of the Aedui in the Iron Age, one of the most important hillforts in Gaul. It is situated near modern Autun in B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19: Encyclopedia - 19
19 - Events. Last year (6th) of Tianfeng era of the Chinese Xin Dynasty. Marcoboduus, king of the Marcomanni, is deposed by Catualda. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar Play: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar Play - The Plot
Marcus Brutus is Caesar's close friend whose ancestors were famed for driving the tyrannical Tarquin kings from Rome. Brutus allows himse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of The Name Of Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of The Name Of Julius Caesar - Meaning Of Caesar
According to Sextus Pompeius Festus, the cognomen "Caesar" derived from caesaries, 'hair', and indicated that the founder of this branch ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - Julius Caesar: 54 Bc
In 54 BC, Caesar returned with a larger force. According to some Caesar's own account the fleet comprised some 800 ships, many of which w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - Julius Caesar: 55 Bc
In 55 BC, Julius Caesar landed on the coast, perhaps in what was intended as a reconnaissance mission. During his campaigns in Gaul, as r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coligny Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Coligny Calendar - Months
The festivals of Beltane (Giammonios full moon) and Lughnasadh (Elembivios full moon) are indicated by small sigils [1]. A correspondenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - The Conquest Continued
Vespasian took a force westwards subduing tribes and capturing oppida as he went, going as least as far as Exeter and probably reaching B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - Aulus Plautius: Ad 43
By the 40s AD the Catuvellauni had displaced the Trinovantes as the most powerful kingdom in south-eastern Britain, taking over the forme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - Aborted Invasions
Augustus prepared invasions in 34 BC, 27 BC and 25 BC. The first and third were called off due to revolts elsewhere in the empire, the se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coligny Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Coligny Calendar - System
The Continental Celtic calendar as reconstructed from the calendars of Coligny and Villards d'Heria had the following properties: it was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coligny Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Coligny Calendar - Gaulish Calendar In Historical Sources
Coligny calendar - Pliny the Elder. The Natural History of Pliny the Elder states, in a discussion of Drudical gathering of mistletoe (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Conquest Of Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Conquest Of Britain - Asclepiodotus : Ad 296
The rebellion of Carausius in AD 286 led to Britain breaking away from the Roman Empire and it was not for another ten years that an expe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Cult - Ancient Rome
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Antony: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Antony - Early Life
Antony was born in Rome around 83 BC. His father was his namesake, Marcus Antonius Creticus, the son of the great rhetorician Marcus Anto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Cult - Haile Selassie And The Rastafari
An imperial cult of a totally different dimension occurred also in the 20th century. Thousands of miles from where the Ethiopian Emperor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Setting And Characters
Asterix lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly identical to modern Brittany). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar Salad: Encyclopedia Ii - Caesar Salad - Caesar Salad Humor
Riffing on the popular idea that Caesar salad was invented by or for Julius Caesar, the Canadian comedy duo of Johnny Wayne and Frank Shu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Antony: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Antony - Supporter Of Caesar
In 54 BC, Antony became a member of the staff of Caesar's armies in Gaul. He again proved to be a competent military leader in the Gallic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Tragedies
Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra. BBC Television Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra (TV, UK, 1981) Released in the USA as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Antony: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Antony - Antony And Cleopatra
With this military purpose on his mind, Antony sailed to Greece with his new wife, where he behaved in a most extravagant manner, assumin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Antony: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Antony - Aftermath And Legacy
With the death of Antony, Octavian became uncontested ruler of Rome: no one else attempted to take power from him. In the following years...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Comedies
Shakespeare on screen - All's Well That Ends Well. BBC Television Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well (TV, UK, 1980) Released in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Antony: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Antony - The Second Triumvirate
The death of Caesar had left an open space in Rome's politics. The Republic was dying, and yet another civil war was starting. It was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar Cipher: Encyclopedia Ii - Caesar Cipher - History And Usage
The Caesar cipher is named after Julius Caesar, who, according to Suetonius, used it with a shift of three to protect messages of militar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Histories
Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 1. BBC Television Shakespeare Henry IV Part I (TV, UK, 1979) Released in the USA as part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commius: Encyclopedia Ii - Commius - Ally Of Caesar
When Julius Caesar conquered the Atrebates in Gaul in 57 BC, as recounted in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico, he appointed Commius as ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cassivellaunus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cassivellaunus - History
Cassivellaunus is the first British individual known to history. He appears in Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico, having been given comman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix - Humour
Asterix - Stereotypes and allusions. Everywhere they visit, Asterix and Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Forums: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Forums - Forum Of Caesar
Julius Caesar decided to construct a big forum bearing his name. This forum was inaugurated in 46 BC, even if it was probably still incom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julio-claudian Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Julio-claudian Dynasty - Dynastic Relations
The dynasty is so named because its members were drawn from two of the patrician gentes of Ancient Rome, the Julii and the Claudii. Its f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atrebates: Encyclopedia Ii - Atrebates - The Atrebates In Gaul
The Gaulish Atrebates lived in or around modern Artois in northern France. Their capital, Nemetocenna, is now the city of Arras. In 57 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix And Cleopatra: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix And Cleopatra - Synopsis
The book starts with an argument between Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, in which Caesar belittles the accomplishments of the Egyptian peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa - Early Life
Agrippa was of humble birth, being born in the countryside outside of Rome. He was of the same age as Octavian and the two were close chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterix And The Chieftain's Shield: Encyclopedia Ii - Asterix And The Chieftain's Shield - Plot
Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield - Summary. Emperor Julius Caesar has lost the shield of Vercingetorix and sends his troops to look f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Junius Brutus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Junius Brutus - Background
Brutus was the son of Decimus Junius Brutus, a relatively unimportant politician, and Servilia Caepionis, half-sister of Cato the younger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallus Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallus Caesar - Gallus' Youth
Gallus, the youngest of three children of Julius Constantius 7 (PLRE I, p. 226) and Galla 1 (PLRE I, p. 382), was born in 325/6 at Massa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Assassination
The fear of Caesar becoming king continued when someone placed a diadem on the statue of Caesar on the Rostra. The tribunes, Gaius Epidiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar As Jesus?
The scholar Francesco Carotta makes a very strong case of the possibility that Caesar's life and achievements were in fact the basis on w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Aftermath
Caesar's death also marked, ironically, the end of the Roman Republic, for which the assassins had struck him down. The Roman middle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Honours
Caesar was ranked #67 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history. Was voted the title Divus, or "god," after hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Aftermath
Caesar's death also marked, ironically, the end of the Roman Republic, for which the assassins had struck him down. The Roman middle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Assassination
The fear of Caesar becoming king continued when someone placed a diadem on the statue of Caesar on the Rostra. The tribunes, Gaius Epidiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Honours
Caesar was ranked #67 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history. Was voted the title Divus, or "god," after hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Literary Works
Caesar was considered during his lifetime to be one of the finest orators and authors of prose in Rome—even Cicero spoke highly of Caes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Literary Works
Caesar was considered during his lifetime to be one of the finest orators and authors of prose in Rome—even Cicero spoke highly of Caes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The Civil War
In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome and disband his army because his term as Proconsul had finished. Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - After The War
Caesar returned to Italy in September, 45 BC. Among his first tasks he filed his will, naming Octavian as his sole heir. The Senate had a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Military Career
Historians place the generalship of Caesar on the level of such geniuses as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Napoleon Bonaparte. Alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The Civil War
In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome and disband his army because his term as Proconsul had finished. Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - After The War
Caesar returned to Italy in September 45 BC. Among his first tasks he filed his will, naming Octavian as the heir to everything he had in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Military Career
Historians place the generalship of Caesar on the level of such geniuses as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate And The Gallic War
In 60 BC (or 59 BC) the Centuriate Assembly elected Caesar senior Consul of the Roman Republic. His junior partner was his political enem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate And The Gallic War
In 60 BC (or 59 BC) the Centuriate Assembly elected Caesar senior Consul of the Roman Republic. His junior partner was his political enem...   » Read the article