Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC, Julius Caesar grew up in dangerous times. Rome could not yet handle its own size and power. The nobility were widely discredited and order had ...

Julius Caesar was a key figure in transforming the ... Despite their illustrious ancestry, the family’s political influence declined by the Late Roman Republic, overshadowed by the power ...

Despite prophesies of future greatness , Augustus was a sickly child in a family with few connections ... One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break.