Julius Ceasar - 100 BCE to 44 BCE. Julius Caesar was raised in an insula (similar to our apartment buildings) in the Subura, which is a lower-class neighborhood of Rome, but Caesar was tied to the Populares through family connections. When Caesar turned 15, his father became ill and died. All of his father's money was left to him, three years later, Caesar married a Roman Woman named Cornelia but in 82 BC Julius was ordered to divorce her, …
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…concluded the only way to solve this problem was to have Caesar killed. The Senate normally met up monthly to discuss Roman politics and problems within Rome. It was a private meeting though, so it became the perfect plan to murder Caesar then. With a quick stab to the neck Caesar was dead and a civil war was started. The civil war didn't end until 14 years later when Caesar's great-nephew established permanent Monarchy in Rome...