Julius Caesar
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Emperors, Caesars, Khans, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Military significance: Caesar demonstrated in the conquest of Gaul and in his victories in the Roman civil wars that when properly led, the Roman legionnaire was vastly superior to other contemporary forces. His writings on these wars greatly influenced military history.
A member of a large and very old family that had fallen from influence at Rome, Julius Caesar was related by marriage to the great military innovator Gaius Marius. In his early career, Caesar escaped Sulla’s violent proscriptions of Marius’s supporters, then gravitated...
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