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  Julius Caesar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caesar was born in Rome to a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who according to myth was the son of Venus.
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 69 BC, at the age of thirty, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum.
Caesar planned to leave in April of 44 BC for campaigns in Parthia, and a secret opposition that was steadily building had to act fast.
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 Caesar, Julius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
B.C., Caesar advocated mercy for Catiline and the conspirators, thereby increasing the enmity of the senatorial party and its leaders, Cato the Younger and Quintus Lutatius Catulus (see Catulus, family).
Caesar collected at Brundisium a small army and fleet—so small, in fact, that Bibulus, waiting with a much larger fleet to prevent his crossing to Epirus, did not yet bother to watch him—and slipped across the strait.
Caesar, having pursued Pompey to Egypt, remained there for some time, living with Cleopatra, taking her part against her brother and husband Ptolemy XII, and establishing her firmly on the throne.
www.bartleby.com /65/ca/Caesar-J.html   (1519 words)

  
 JULIUS CAESAR FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 69_BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman ''cursus_honorum''.
Caesar sustained 23 (as many as 35 by some accounts) stab wounds, which ranged from superficial to mortal, and ironically fell at the feet of a statue of his best friend and greatest rival, Pompey_the_Great.
In 42_BC, Caesar was formally deified as "the Divine Julius" (''Divus Iulius''), and Caesar Augustus henceforth became ''Divi filius'' ("Son of a God").
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 Julius Caesar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 59 BC Caesar was elected senior Consul of the Roman Republic by the Centuriate Assembly.
Caesar waged war against various peoples, defeating the Helvetii (in Switzerland) in 58 BC, the Belgic confederacy and the Nervii in 57 BC and the Veneti in 56 BC.
Caesar returned to Rome, where he began to receive increasingly grandiose honors from the Senate (Plutarch even records that he at one point informed the Senate that he felt his honors were more in need of reduction than augmentation, but withdrew this position so as not to appear ungrateful).
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 SansTitre
Julius Caesar was born on the 13th day of Quintilis (now July) in the year we refer to as 100 B.C. His full name was Gaius Julius Caesar, the same as his father's.
Caesar was appointed dictator for a year starting in 49 B.C., for two years in 48 B.C., for ten years in 46 B.C. and finally dictator for life in 44 B.C. In that same year he was assassinated.
In line with their plans, Caesar predictably refuses a request from one of the conspirators, and this is the pre-arranged signal for all of them to stab the emperor to death.
www.angelfire.com /ns/jeanluc1/Shakespeare_caesar.htm   (2697 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Augustus
On 15 March, 44 BC C. Julius Caesar, dictator for life, was surrounded by the conspirators at a meeting of the senate and cut down with twenty-three stab wounds.
It may have seemed a workable compromise, but when Caesar's mutilated body was displayed to the crowd and the contents of his will were made public--in which some gardens were bequeathed to the public and an individual stipend given to each member of the Roman people--the dam of emotion burst and rioting ensued.
In 44 BC Caesar nominated the magistrates several years in advance (another shunning of tradition on Caesar's part), and the young man was included as his Master of Horse for 43 or 42 BC.
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 East Texas Christian Academy Basketball Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Additional literature selections may include Julius Caesar, A Raisin in the Sun, A Separate Peace, and Lord of the Flies.
Literary works may include Our Town, The Scarlet Letter, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Major literary works may include Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Pygmalion, Shakespearean and Romantic Period poetry, A Tale of Two Cities, and Macbeth.
www.etca.org /academic/hslangarts.htm   (518 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In JULIUS CAESAR, however, Antony, much like Brutus, is seen as a selfless ally to Rome who would sacrifice his life for Caesar, and upon hearing of the death of the grand dictator, immediately seeks revenge.
I've always felt that students should work their way up on a literary ladder instead of simply being thrown into Shakespeare, where they are more than likely to fall instead of fly with the playwright's work.
Julius Caesar is a tale of honor and betrayal.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743482743?v=glance   (2584 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Caesar's commentaries, whether of the Gallic campaigns or of the Civil War that followed, are considered masterpieces of Latin prose.
Julius Caesar was one of the truly pivotal people in recorded history.
Caesar was the ultimate practitioner of the divide and conquer school.
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 Julius Caesar - Wikiquote
Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC) Roman military leader and dictator.
The Rubicon river was the boundary of Gaul, the province Caesar had the authority to keep his army in.
Appeared in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar as "Et tu, Brute" ("And even you, Brutus?"), though Caesar's actual last words are unknown.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Julius_Caesar   (454 words)

  
 Et Tu Brutè: Performing Julius Caesar: Unit Plan [English Online]
Using the search facility The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collect references to animals (try key words 'beast' and 'monster') in Julius Caesar.
Graph/chart/map the various stages in the plot against Caesar and the subsequent political fortunes of Cassius, Brutus and Mark Antony.
This is a very comprehensive site with links to the complete works including background information, biographical information and pictures, information about Elizabethan theatres, a Shakespearean dictionary, the first folio, quotes, a quiz and a discussion forum.
english.unitecnology.ac.nz /resources/units/julius_caesar/home.html   (576 words)

  
 In the literary pieces To Kill a Mocking bird , An Enemy of the People, and Julius Caesar theauthors use crowds to ...
In the literary pieces To Kill a Mocking bird, An Enemy of the People, and Julius Caesar theauthors use crowds to develop their themes.
Coursework and Essays: : By Level: GCSE: Literature: Novels: Individual Works: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee: In the literary pieces To Kill a Mocking bird, An Enemy of the People, and Julius Caesar theauthors use crowds to develop their themes
Below is a short sample of the essay "In the literary pieces To Kill a Mocking bird, An Enemy of the People, and Julius Caesar theauthors use crowds to develop their themes.".
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 Titles Give Help to Writing Students   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A journal feature lets them track subjects and thoughts they may want to include in papers.
Software is available for many great literary works including Julius Caesar, Hard Times, Robinson Crusoe, The Grapes of Wrath and many more.
Young Writer's Workshop, the other release, is a young-adult literature companion guide that helps students in grades 3 through 7 think about plot, quotations and notations, keeping a journal, and other techniques.
www.thejournal.com /magazine/vault/A200.cfm   (192 words)

  
 (1995-96 UB UG Catalog Political Science - Political Philosophy Classes)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Recurring themes in political thought, such as justice and equality, using the works of major political philosophers.
The meaning of the self-government of a political community; constitutional limitations on political rule; citizen participation and representation; reconciliation of constitutional government with democracy and equality; proper functions of government in relation to the economy and society.
Political life and thought as reflected or affected by literature; political themes and understandings of political life contained in such literary works as Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Melville's Billy Budd, or Camus' Caligula.
wings.buffalo.edu /provost/due/catalog/1995/programs/psc/politphil.html   (247 words)

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