Julius Caesar (102/100–44 BCE) may have been the greatest man of all times. By age 39/40, Caesar had been a widowed and divorced, governor (propraetor) of Further Spain, captured by pirates, hailed as imperator by adoring troops, quaestor, aedile, consul, and elected pontifex maximus. He formed the Triumvirate, enjoyed military victories in Gaul, became dictator for life, and started a civil war. When Julius Caesar was assassinated, his death set the Roman world in turmoil. Like Alexander who began a new historical era, Julius Caesar, the last great leader of the Roman Republic, set in motion the creation of the Roman Empire.
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