Julius Caesar Born: Rome's Future Dictator Enters the World
Caesar conquered Gaul, crossed the Rubicon, and dismantled the Roman Republic by concentrating power in himself as perpetual dictator. His military campaigns extended Roman territory to the English Channel and the Rhine, while his political reforms restructured governance across the Mediterranean world. The assassination that ended his life triggered a civil war that finished the Republic he had already hollowed out.
July 12, 100 BC
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