ROMAN EMPIRE Julius Caesar Who was Julius Caesar
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ROMAN EMPIRE
Julius Caesar
Who was Julius Caesar? • Born on July 100 BC • Patrician, but not wealthy • Father died when he was 16 • Married Cornelia, a patrician from a wealthier family • Intelligent, ambitious, and had a good sense of humor
What are his pre-dictator accomplishments? • Great military general • Great Speaker • Won the following territories for Rome But he wanted to come back to –France Rome and lead the –Germany country! –Britain
What he did for Rome! • Roman society offered a lot to a person who was willing to work hard for it. • Caesar was one of these people. He spent a lot of money to make people happy. This made him popular. • Senate told him to break apart his army before coming back home! He refused and crossed the Rubicon—a river that split Roman territory from France.
Crossing the Rubicon
Crossing the Rubicon • By crossing the river, he was making his army fight with their own COUNTRYMEN! • This is called a CIVIL WAR • He didn’t care about the consequences or if it leads to his death.
What are his accomplishments as dictator? • Face on Roman coins • Changed calendar month from Quintilis to July • Gave conquered people citizenship • Gave land to veterans (Remember the Struggle of the Orders ) • Rewarded people for having children (increase population)
What are his accomplishments as dictator? • Established a police force • Improved the court system; appointed judges that were impartial and not corrupt • Set up Roman cities across the Mediterranean to raise money
What led to his demise? • Very paranoid and suspicious of everyone • In February 44 BCE ordered Senate to make him dictator for life. • BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH! • March 15 th 44 BC assassinated by his friends ET TU, BRUTE?
EEt tu, Brute?
EXIT TICKET Three things I learned about Julius Caesar today are…
Julius Caesar Narrative Flip Chart • • • Number 1 -7 Get into your groups Explain & Model directions Box and Summarize your story 10 word summary Underline/ Highlight the words when you use them
The Story of the World –Julius Caesar 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Caesar is Kidnapped The Consuls of Rome Caesar and the Senate Caesar fights the Celts Caesar crosses the Rubicon! 6. Caesar and Cleopatra 7. The Death of Caesar • 7 groups • Each group will receive a story about Julius Caesar’s life • Use the vocab words that are written next to your box to complete that section of the Flip Chart