Strategists & Statesmen · Ancient
Julius Caesar
Politician, general, writer, dictator: Caesar's alliance-building in the First Triumvirate, conquest of Gaul and the siege of Alesia, crossing the Rubicon, civil war, reforms, assassination, and the end of the Roman Republic.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Roman Republic; Alexander. Next: Augustus; Fall of Rome. Sources: Caesar, *Commentaries on the Gallic War*; Suetonius; Adrian Goldsworthy, *Caesar: Life of a Colossus*.Next: 1. Rise