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{{author
 | firstname    = Gaius Julius
 | lastname     = Caesar
 | last_initial = Ca
 | birthyear    = 100 BCE
 | deathyear    = 44 BCE
 | description  = Julius Caesar was instrumental in the transformation of the [[w:Roman Republic|Roman Republic]] into the [[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]]. A politician of the [[w:Populares|popular]] faction and a daring military commander, he formed an unofficial [[w:First Triumirate|triumvirate]] with [[w:Pompey|Pompey]] and [[w:Marcus Licinius Crassus|Crassus]], conquered [[w:Gaul|Gaul]], fought and won a [[w:Caesar's civil war|civil war]] against the [[w:Roman Senate|Senate]] and his former ally, Pompey, and became perpetual [[w:Roman dictator|dictator]] of Rome. In 44 BC he was assassinated by senators hoping to restore the Republic, but after 13 years of power struggle and civil war, Caesar's adopted son [[w:Augustus|Augustus]] would establish permanent autocratic rule.
 | image        = Gaius_Julius_Caesar.jpg
 | wikipedia    = Julius Caesar
 | wikiquote    = Julius Caesar
 | commons      = Julius Caesar
 | commonscat   = 
}}

==Works==
===War Commentaries===
* [[Commentaries on the Gallic War|The Gallic War]] (Books 1-7 by Caesar; Book 8 written by [[Author:Aulus Hirtius|Aulus Hirtius]]) [[Image:25%.svg]]
* [[Commentaries on the Civil War|The Civil War]] [[Image:50%.svg]]
* [[The Alexandrian War]] (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or [[Author:Gaius Oppius|Gaius Oppius]]) [[Image:50%.svg]]
* [[The African War]] (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius) [[Image:50%.svg]]
* [[The Spanish War]] (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius) [[Image:50%.svg]]

===Letters===
* [[Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero|Cicero]], ''[[Letters to friends]]'' [[Letters to friends/7.5|7.5]]: To Caesar in [[w:Gaul|Gaul]], from [[w:Ancient Rome|Rome]], February [[Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero/54 BC|54 BC]]  [[Image:50%.svg]]
* Fragments of Letters

===Other works===
* [[Fragments of poetry by Julius Caesar|Fragments of poetry]]   [[Image:25%.svg]]
* Fragments of ''Analogy''
* Fragments of ''Anticato''
* Fragments of Speeches

==About==
* {{NIE link|year=1905|Cæsar, Gaius Julius|author=[[Author:George N. Olcott|George N. Olcott]]}}
* {{EB1911 link|Caesar, Gaius Julius}}
* [[Author:Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus|Suetonius]], ''[[The Lives of the Twelve Caesars/Julius Caesar|The Life of Julius Caesar]]''
* [[Author:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], ''[[The Tragedy of Julius Caesar]]''
===On his works===
* {{Americana Link|year=1920|Cæsar's Commentaries}}
===External links===
* [[Author:Mestrius Plutarchus|Plutarch]], ''[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html Life of Julius Caesar]''

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