Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE) was a Roman general, statesman, and author whose career helped transform the Roman Republic. Rising through military and political offices, he gained lasting fame for his campaigns in Gaul and his role in the civil war against Pompey. Caesar’s clear, forceful Latin prose survives chiefly in the *Commentarii de Bello Gallico* and the *Commentarii de Bello Civili*, accounts that combine military narrative with political self-justification. Appointed dictator, he pursued reforms before his assassination in 44 BCE. His life and writings shaped Roman history and later ideas of leadership, power, and rhetoric.