JULIUS CAESAR ANCIENT CULTURE

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“Experience is the teacher of all things.” “Veni, vidi, vici.” (I came, I saw, I
conquered)
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

Fun Facts
●​ Did you know that Julius Caesar
invented our calendar system? The
Roman calendar had 355 days in a
year, based on the moon’s cycle.
Caesar proposed a more accurate
‘Julian’ calendar using the time it
takes the earth to revolve around
the sun - 365 ¼ days - with a “leap
year” every four years to cover the
quarter. Today, we use a slightly
altered version called the Gregorian
calendar. His birthday month was
also renamed Julius (July) in his
honour.
●​ Julius Caesar was once captured by
pirates. When they demanded a
ransom for his release, Caesar
thought that the price was
insultingly low and demanded that
they raise it!
Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC) was a
politician and general in Ancient Rome who
helped build the powerful Roman Empire.
He made enemies along the way and was
eventually assassinated just a year after he
was declared “dictator for life”.

Task 1. Check https://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Caesar-Julius.htm and

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Who were his parents, when was he born, what was his childhood like, where did he grow
up?

When did Caesar get married and to whom? Why and when did he join the army?

Why did Caesar march his army from Gaul to Rome? What did he want to accomplish? What
was Caesar charged with by Cato and the Senate? Who were his enemies in Rome? Who won
the war? What happened to Pompey and Cassius?

Task 2

1. Which of the following best describes Caesar's family?

a. A poor peasant family from Rome

b. A wealthy family with no aristocratic roots

c. A wealthy and aristocratic family

d. An aristocratic family, but not wealthy

e. A peasant family from northern Italy

2. What did young Caesar learn from his tutor?

a. How to read

b. How to speak in public

c. Roman law

d. How to write

e. All of the above

3. What major event occurred in Caesar's life when he was sixteen years old?

a. His father died

b. He became dictator of Rome

c. Rome was sacked by barbarians

d. His mother died

e. The Roman Republic came to an end

4. What was a 'consul' in the Roman government?

a. The highest ranking general in the army

b. One of two of the highest ranking positions in the government

c. It was another name for Senator

d. The highest ranking priest in the Roman religion

e. All of the above

5. Julius Caesar became governor of what Roman province after he served his term as consul?

a. Egypt

b. Hispania

c. Cyprus

d. Macedonia

e. Gaul

6. What Roman leader did Caesar fight in the Roman civil war?

a. Sulla

b. Marc Antony

c. Pompey the Great

d. Octavian

e. Marius

7. During the civil war, Caesar chased his enemy all the way to what country?

a. Japan

b. Spain

c. Egypt
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d. Russia

e. Sweden

8. What title did Caesar take when he became the sole ruler of Rome?

a. King

b. Dictator

c. Tyrant

d. President

e. Emperor

9. How did Caesar die?

a. He was assassinated in the Senate

b. His ship was sunk while sailing home from Egypt

c. He died of old age on his estate in the Italian countryside

d. He was killed in battle defending Rome

e. He died in a duel with Pompey the Great

10. Who was Octavian?

a. One of Caesar's enemies during the civil war

b. A politician who served as consul alongside Caesar

c. A famous sculptor during the time of Caesar

d. Caesar's nephew and heir who later became the first emperor of Rome

e. A gladiator who caused an uprising that Caesar put down

Task 3 How did Caesar become dictator for life? What happened to him because of

this? How did he die? What was the result of his death? Who took over?