Early+Life+of+Caesar

=__**The Childhood of Gaius Julius Caesar (day of birth to age 18)**__ =

By: Katelyn White

 * [[image:http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/Images/caesar.jpg width="148" height="259"]] || Gaius Julius Caesar was born to a very nice, depended family on July 13th of 100 B.C. He was born during the Civil War that was going on in Rome. This Civil War was leading to cheap, slave labor. Both of his parents were patricians but not where they were overly powerful and wealthy. His father's name was also Gaius Julius Caesar; he was a praetor, who is an important member of the government. Julius Caesar's mother is Aurelis who was well known for being Julia's sister, who was the wife the Gaius Marius. Gaius Marius was important becuase he was the leader of the Roman group, the Popular Party. Both of his parents assumed that he would be involved in a modest office on the Roman political career. ||


 * [[image:http://sitiodascitacoes.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/j-caesar.jpg%3Fw%3D510%26h%3D470 width="292" height="158"]] || **During Gaius Julius Caesar childhood, he was taught by a man named, Antonius Gnipho. He spent most of his life studying in Rome and later traveled to the islands of the Rhodes. Antonius taught him Latin and Greek and advice on life choices and persuasive speeches. He was determined by his family and friends to be a leader someday, a persuasive, aristocrat leader. While Caesar was traveling in the Rhodes Islands, he was being taught by another teacher, Molo, a very well respected and famous teacher. He was well educated compared to others during this time. When he was twelve years old, he was taken to deliberate, persuasive, strong speeches and debates. Through this, he learned how to be a strong, influential man.** ||

When Gaius Julius Caesar was fifteen years old, he changed his name by dropping Gaius. Also, when he was fifteen, his father died. After a couple of years after his father's death, Caesar turned towards a military career. In 84 B.C., at age 18, this lead to his first marriage with his wife, Cornelia. Cornelia was only 13 years old then and she was the daughter of an important man that was a member of the Popular Party. Cornelia and Caesar had a daughter named Julia. But the Roman dictator Sulla, asked Caesar to divorce Cornelia. Caesar ignored Sulla's request and went in hiding to prevent himself from the death threats from Sulla. Soon, his family and friends helped him get a pardon. This is the earlylife of Gaius Julius Caesar. He became a great man with many ideas of how to run "his" Roman Empire.

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