25 events with tag "Caesar"
100 BC
ID: 5379
Aedui become 'friends of Roman people' - Celtic tribe controls wine trade, exchanges slaves for Roman wine, later crucial Caesar allies
ID: 5379
62 BC
ID: 5955
Clodius profanes Bona Dea mysteries - dressed as woman to seduce Caesar's wife at women-only rites, Caesar divorces wife ('Caesar's wife must be above suspicion')
ID: 5955
60 BC
ID: 2690
First Triumvirate formed - secret alliance of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus to dominate Republic
ID: 2690
59 BC
ID: 2691
Caesar's consulship - ignores colleague Bibulus, forces through legislation, secures five-year command in Gaul
ID: 2691
58 BC
ID: 2692
Caesar begins Gallic Wars - defeats Helvetii and Ariovistus, conquest of Gaul begins
ID: 2692
57 BC
ID: 2693
Caesar conquers Belgae - toughest fighters in Gaul subdued, most of Gaul under Roman control
ID: 2693
55 BC
ID: 2694
Caesar crosses Rhine and invades Britain - first Roman to do both, more propaganda than conquest
ID: 2694
55 BC
ID: 5359
Caesar notes British tin - describes Cornwall tin mines in Gallic Wars, attempts to control trade routes
ID: 5359
55 BC
ID: 5392
Caesar describes wicker man sacrifices - claims druids burn criminals alive in huge wicker cages shaped like men
ID: 5392
55 BC
ID: 2521
August 26, 55 BC
Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain - reconnaissance in force with two legions, fights Britons on beaches, withdraws before winter
ID: 2521
54 BC
ID: 2522
Caesar's second invasion of Britain - five legions cross Channel, defeats Cassivellaunus, extracts tribute but no permanent conquest
ID: 2522
53 BC
ID: 5893
Julius Caesar describes aurochs - writes they are 'little below elephants in size' in Hercynian Forest, fierce and untameable
ID: 5893
52 BC
ID: 3667
Siege of Alesia - Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar after epic siege, Gaul conquered
ID: 3667
52 BC
ID: 5382
Cenabum massacre starts Gallic rebellion - Carnutes kill Roman merchants, signal for general uprising under Vercingetorix
ID: 5382
52 BC
ID: 5383
Siege of Avaricum - Caesar kills 40,000 inhabitants of Celtic oppidum, only 800 escape, Vercingetorix had advised abandoning it
ID: 5383
52 BC
ID: 5393
Battle of Gergovia - Vercingetorix defeats Caesar, only major Gallic victory, 700 Romans killed including 46 centurions
ID: 5393
51 BC
ID: 5399
Caesar's Gallic genocide complete - Plutarch: 1 million dead, 1 million enslaved, 300 tribes conquered, 800 cities destroyed
ID: 5399
49 BC
ID: 2698
Caesar crosses Rubicon - 'The die is cast,' civil war begins, Senate flees Rome
ID: 2698
48 BC
ID: 2699
Battle of Dyrrhachium - Pompey defeats Caesar, doesn't pursue, Caesar: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had a commander who knew how to conquer'
ID: 2699
48 BC
ID: 2700
August 48 BC
Battle of Pharsalus - Caesar crushes Pompey despite being outnumbered, Pompey flees to Egypt
ID: 2700
47 BC
ID: 2702
Caesar and Cleopatra - installs her as queen of Egypt, has son Caesarion, legend of carpet delivery
ID: 2702
46 BC
ID: 5400
Vercingetorix executed after Caesar's triumph - Gallic leader strangled in Tullianum prison after 6 years captivity, symbol of resistance dies
ID: 5400
45 BC
ID: 2706
Julian calendar introduced - 365.25 day year with leap years, used for 1,600 years
ID: 2706
44 BC
ID: 2707
February 44 BC
Caesar refuses crown at Lupercalia - Antony offers crown three times, Caesar refuses but named dictator perpetuo
ID: 2707
44 BC
ID: 2708
March 15, 44 BC
Assassination of Julius Caesar - stabbed 23 times in Senate, 'Et tu, Brute?', falls at Pompey's statue base
ID: 2708