Gaius Julius Caesar's Influence On Roman Politics

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Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC in Rome, Italy. His father, Gaius Caesar, died when Caesar was 16. This meant that Caesar had to big up and be the man in the family. As a young man, Caesar aimed winning office. He did not like the way the government was going, so he wanted to something about it.
Caesar soon started to get popular on the Roman politics with his election as the quaestor in 69 BC. Caesar was getting more and more popular by the day. In 60 BC, Caesar created an alliance with a general, Pompey, a wealthy patrician (nobleman), Crassus. This alliance was known as the First Triumvirate. Caesar had finally became one of the two consuls of Rome.
All this power was not enough for Caesar, so he promoted himself even

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