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rangerrebew

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Julius Caesar Biography
« on: October 05, 2017, 09:39:04 am »
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Dictator, General(c. 100 BCE–44 BCE)
 

Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar turned the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. A coup ended his reign, and his life, on the Ides of March.
 
 
“For the immortal gods are accustomed at times to grant favorable circumstances and long impunity to men whom they wish to punish for their crime, so that they may smart the more severely from a change of fortune.”
 
Who Was Julius Caesar?

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Re: Julius Caesar Biography
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2017, 09:49:57 am »
He stands accused of burning the scrolls at the Alexandria Library.As many as 700,000 scrolls filled the shelves.

https://www.ancient.eu/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/
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"Of Arms and Man I Sing"-The Aenid written by Virgil-Virgil commenced his epic story of Aeneas and the founding of Rome with the words: Arma virumque cano--"Of arms and man I sing.Aeneas receives full treatment in Roman mythology, most extensively in Virgil's Aeneid, where he is an ancestor of Romulus and Remus. He became the first true hero of Rome
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