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Also Known As	Gaius Julius Caesar
Born	July 12, 100 BCE? or July 13, 100 BCE? • Rome • Italy
Died	March 15, 44 BCE • Rome • Italy
Title / Office	quaestor (65BC-69BC), ancient Rome • curule aedile (63BC-65BC), ancient Rome • praetor (62BC), ancient Rome • consul (59BC), ancient Rome • dictator (46BC-44BC), ancient Rome
Role In	Battle of Alesia • Battle of Pharsalus • Gallic Wars • Roman Civil War

A co-conspirator, Decmius Brutus, was Caesar's second heir in his will.
Caesar banned driving carriages on city streets during the first ten hours of daylight.
Julius Caesar had a son with Cleopatra named Caesarion, or "little Caesar".
Caesar was stabbed many times during his murder but the physician Antistius determined that only one stab wound was fatal.
Caesar originally named the giraffe "camelopard" since it resembled a camel and a leopard.