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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar, Roman general and dictator. This site has 7 entries dated between 49 BC and 44 BC involving Julius Caesar, listed in chronological order with the Roman date and calendar of each.

  1. January 10 · a.d. IV Id. Ian. · Pre-reform Roman calendar
    Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BC)
  2. January 4 · pr. Non. Ian. · Pre-reform Roman calendar
    Caesar sails from Brundisium against Pompey (48 BC)
  3. January 4 · pr. Non. Ian. · Pre-reform Roman calendar
    Battle of Ruspina (46 BC)
  4. April 6 · a.d. VIII Id. Apr. · Pre-reform Roman calendar
    Caesar crushes Scipio and Juba at Thapsus (46 BC)
  5. March 17 · a.d. XVI Kal. Apr. · Julian date · ≈ Mar 15 on our calendar
    Battle of Munda: Caesar’s last battle (45 BC)
  6. March 15 · Id. Mart. · Julian date · ≈ Mar 13 on our calendar
    Assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BC)
  7. May 12 · a.d. IV Id. Mai. · Roman calendar date
    Mars the Avenger is honoured with games (Augustan era (annual))
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)