Offices
held by C. Julius C.f. C.n. Caesar
“Legate”
to King of
Legate
in pirate command of M. Antonius Creticus,
73-72; military tribune 71
Quaestor 69-68, in
Curule aedile with M. Bibulus, 65
Praetor
in
Cos.
1: 59 BC, five year extraordinary command in
Dict. 1: to hold elections 49 BC, got
himself elected cos.
Cos. II,
48 BC, defeats Pompey at Pharsalus, pursues him to
Dict. II, Oct. 48 BC in absentia (trapped in
Cos. III, 46 BC, Dict. III in
April for 10 years, dictator rei publicae
constituendae, renewable by year. Holds 5 triumphs (Gaul, Greece,
Egypt, Asia, Africa), tribunician postestas
for life, right to bear the name Imperator as his first name, to dress as an
imperator at all times,
Cos.
IV, 45 BC, elected consul IV without colleague until he abdicated on Oct. 1,
campaigned vs. Pompey’s sons in Spain, left M. Antony
as his master of the horse (magister equitum)
Cos.
V, Dict. IV, 44 BC, recorded in ovatio,
Jan. 26, cult to his genius, M. Antony as flamen, constructs Temple of Venus Genetrix
with his statue placed beside that of the goddess, invites Cleopatra to reside
at his villa with her “illegitimate son” whom she named Caesarion,
attempted crowning during the Lupercalia (Feb. 15),
announces 5 year campaign against Parthia, appoints
consuls for 5 years in advance, refuses to rise when Senate greets him.
Dictator
in Perpetuo, Feb. 15, last Senate meeting planned
before he departed on campaign in
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