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   Caesar
   Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman born in 100 BCE, assassinated in 44 BCE; early in his career, Caesar spent time working with the military in Asia; he first became quaestor in 69 BCE, pontifex maximus in 63, praetor in 62 and consul in 60 BCE; he allied politically for a while with Pompey and Crassus in 60 BCE, forming the First Triumvirate, but later jockeyed for power against Pompey (after Crassus` death in 53); Caesar waged massive, victorious military campaigns against Gaul (58 BCE), Africa, Britain (55) and Spain; in 49 BCE, he turned his military power against Rome, crossing the Rubicon and fighting a civil war supposedly to help strengthen the power of the tribunes but also to retain his power against people who were growing wary of it; Caesar alternately held the power of a consul and a dictator from 49 onward; he was assassinated in 44 BCE in the Curia; he had adopted his great-nephew, Octavian, as his heir; Caesar was a great speaker and writer and today his texts on the civil war, the war in Gaul and the African war still exist; author of Gallic Wars, an account of Caesar's wars against the Gauls and Britains from 58 BCE to 49 BCE, in which he describes, among other things, the 52 BCE rebellion of Vercingetorix, king of the Gauls; wrote the 'De Bello Civili' in 47 BCE; 'Caesar' is also the imperial title used by Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian.
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   Caesar
   [n] - conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
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   Caesar
   The family name of the man who did not quite become an emperor of Rome, and also, later, the title used for a junior emperor, working as an obedient (in theory) partner of the reigning Augustus.
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   Caesar
   Family name of Julius Caesar and later an imperial title. Julius Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son Octavius became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (the future emperor Augustus). From his day...
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   caesar
   A distinction given to those who were not emperors, but were generally believed to be the heir to the throne. This was one stage down from the distinction of Augustus.
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   Caesar
   Julius Caesar noun conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
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   Caesar
   Sidney Caesar noun United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)
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   Caesar
   • (n.) A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.
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   Caesar
   Caesar is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Long-Haired ` Where is it used? The name Caesar is mainly used In Ancient Roman and In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Cesare ( In Italian) Kaiser ( In German) César ( In French, Spanish and In Portuguese) Cesaire ( In French) This title was assumed by the Roman emperors after Ju
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    Caesar
    Caesar (sē'zur) , ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius Caesar and Augustus. Another distinguished member of the family was Lucius Julius Caesar,. d. 87 B.C., consul (90 B.C.). He proposed a law extendin...
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