Initially, the word Caesar - Caesar - was only the name of a single person who was born before our era and lived according to some sources 56, according to others - 58 years. However, this man left such a noticeable mark in the history of his state and the entire Western civilization that later his name became both an official title and a household name.
Gaius Julius Caesar - Gaius Iulius Caesar - was born in Rome a hundred years before the beginning of our era and belonged to the ancient family of Julia. The family was not rich by the standards of those times, and neither Father Gaius Julius the Elder nor his brothers had any significant influence in the Roman Republic. Nevertheless, Gaius Julius received a thorough education and, what was important then, excellent physical training. At the age of 16, he was left without a father, at 17 - he got married, and then entered the ongoing political struggle in the republic, but together with the "party members" he fell out of favor with the then ruler and was forced to leave the capital. In Asia, he did military service, and due to his noble birth, he also carried out some diplomatic assignments.
Caesar's talent as a military leader is undoubted - without this, it is unlikely that his name would have come down to us. Thanks to military merit during his service, he received a military distinction (corona civica), which automatically made him a senator. Returning to Rome, Gaius Julius, thanks to speeches in the Senate and constantly improving oratorical skills, gained popularity and re-entered the political struggle. On more than one occasion, he sought the authority to conduct military operations in neighboring countries, in North Africa and the British Isles. As a military leader, Caesar was able to multiply the influence of Rome. He became the sovereign ruler as a result of the civil war against Pompey, the then head of the Roman state. From the first water of the war to the end of his career, he was repeatedly elected dictator - then it was just a set of emergency rights issued for a certain period. Caesar won a military victory over Pompey and as a result became the ruler of Rome, combining the powers of dictator and consul. Over the years, he actually became an autocratic monarch, combining the highest government posts, but at the same time remaining within the framework of the constitution of the republic.
44 years before the beginning of our era, Caesar was killed by conspirators at a meeting of the Senate. The reign of Caesar left an indelible mark on the history of not only ancient Rome, where the word "Caesar" later became the title of rulers. From this word - caesar - came the titles "king" and "kaiser".
