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| | Malaspina Great Books - Gaius Julius Caesar (c. 100 BCE) |
 | | Having held the positions of quaestor in Spain (69 BC), Caesar was elected curule aedile in 65 BC, pontifex maximus in 63 BC, and praetor in 62 BC. |
 | | In 61 BC, Caesar served as governor of the province of Hispania Ulterior, and in 60 BC he was elected consul. |
 | | Having finally defeated Pompey at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC, he was given a five-year term as consul,; whilst Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was murdered by an officer of King Ptolemy XIII of Egypt. |
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