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JULIUS CAESAR A Life From Beginning to End Copyright © 2016 by Hourly History. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Introduction The Underpinnings of a Republic The Real Struggle Begins When in Rome The Ides of March Conclusion Your Free eBooks! already experienced in the ways of statecraft, was elected to the Roman Consul in 107 BCE. The first major crisis in Julius Caesar’s life was when his father died in 85 BCE. Collapsing and suffering from cardiac arrest after trying to put on his shoes, his death was abrupt and shocking for 16-year-old Julius. It was an event that would thrust him into the role as head of his family. Despite the hardship of sudden leadership, Julius Caesar proved to be a very self- confident young man. He was just as much pragmatic as he was confident, as was evident in his first major decision as an adult: his marriage to Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna. For Julius this was a political alliance on a grand scale, since his wife’s father Cinna, who had stood on the counsel from 87-84 BCE, was considered one of the most powerful men in Rome. This was just the kind of social springboard that the young Julius w......