Caesar chose war. Conquering HeroA bust from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples depicts Julius Caesar ... depicted in this 1494 painting by Francesco Granacci. As Caesar debates whether ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus. Pompey was a war hero who had been badly treated ...

His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break.

He reminds the crowd of all the good Caesar has done and encourages them to mourn for him. Julius Caesar's popularity ... against Cassius and Brutus, and war is waged against them with Caesar's ...