Julius Caesar
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100 BC – 44 BC · 56 years · Rome · Europe
Conquered Gaul, crossed the Rubicon and became dictator for life; assassinated on the Ides of March.
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Portrait: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Augustus — first Roman emperor, 37 years younger
- Cicero — Roman orator and statesman, 6 years older
- Pompey the Great — Roman general and statesman, 6 years older
- Spartacus — gladiator, leader of a slave revolt, 3 years older
- Virgil — Roman poet, 30 years younger
- Livia Drusilla — wife of Augustus, first Roman empress, 41 years younger
Middle East
- Herod the Great — king of Judea, 28 years younger
- Mithridates VI Eupator — king of Pontus, enemy of Rome, 35 years older
Africa
- Cleopatra — last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, 31 years younger
- Amanirenas — queen (kandake) of Kush, 40 years younger
Asia
- Sima Qian — Chinese historian, 45 years older
- Emperor Wu of Han — emperor of the Han dynasty, 56 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 58 BC–50 BC Caesar's conquest of Gaul — aged 42, Europe
- 44 BC Assassination of Julius Caesar — aged 56, Europe