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May 26, 2024 · On a fateful January day in 49 BC, Julius Caesar led his army across the Rubicon River in Northern Italy and sparked a civil war that would spell the doom of the Roman Republic.
January 10-11, 49 B.C. Faced with the intransigence of the Senate, Caesar and the 13th Legion cross the Rubicon, the official border between Gaul and Italy, a decision that will lead to civil...
In 49 BC, the Roman world was thrown into a destructive civil war that saw families split and brothers fighting brothers on the battlefield. On one side of the conflict stood Julius Caesar and on the other was Pompey the Great. Both men sought to become the most powerful individual in the Roman republic.
Gaius Julius Caesar [a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
Dec 12, 2023 · The assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC, marked a significant turning point in Roman history. It was a shocking and controversial event that led to political unrest and civil war in the Roman Republic.
On January 10, 49 B.C.E., General Julius Caesar entered Roman territory by crossing the Rubicon, a stream in what is now Northern Italy. In crossing the Rubicon, Caesar began a civil war that signaled the end of the Roman Republic.
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Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively. The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to Caesar's place in the republic on his expected return to Rome on the expiration of his governorship in Gaul.
