JULIUS CAESAR

BIOGRAPHY

• Born in 100 BC
• Assassinated on March 15, 44 BC
• Parents: Aurelia and Gaius Julius Ceasar
• Father died we Julius was 16

BIOGRAPHY

• Julius's first marriage broke off at age 18 (w/Cossutia)
• After divorced, he married Cornelia and had his only child, Julia
• His wife (Cornelia) passed away in 69 BC
• 2 years later he married Pompeia, but later divorced in 62 BC

BIOGRAPHY

• Julius Caesar was awarded the civic crown for saving the life of a citizen
• By 31, he had fought in several wars and became involved in roman politics
• After many alliances, Caesar had become the Dictator of The Roman Empire
• He was the first Roman Army Commander to invade England
• (In 55 BC & again in 54 BC)

BIOGRAPHY

• In one alliance, he had married his own daughter to Pompeii to consolidate
• Their alliance. Then he himself married Caipurnia the daughter of a leading member
• Of the popular faction.

"THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR"

• Was written by William Shakespeare
• Believed to be written in 1599
• Was one of Shakespeare's first plays to be shown in the Globe theater
• Was one of the few plays not to be adapted in the restoration era

"THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR"

• This tragedy tells of the conspiracy behind Caesar's assassination
• The setting is 44 BC in Rome.
• Marcus Brutas, Caesar's closest friend, allows himself to be
• persuaded to join a group of conspiring senators because of
• a growing suspicion, he had been implanted by Julius Caesar.

"THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR"

• Extra fact:
• John Wilkes Booth performed as Mark Antony in 1864
• A character in this play.