| A | B |
|---|
| Gaius | first name |
| Iulius | second name/family name |
| Caesar | third name/nickname |
| 100 BC | year of birth |
| Aeneas | Trojan hero who was his ancestor |
| Venus | goddess who was his ancestor |
| Apollonius Molo | his teacher |
| oratory, literature, music, Greek | subjects he studied |
| 3 | number of marriages |
| wife died | reason his first marriage ended |
| divorce | reason his second marriage ended |
| his death | reason his third marriage ended |
| Julia | his daughter, married to Pompey, died |
| Calpurnia | last wife |
| Optimates | upper class political party/Senate |
| Populares | party that represented the common people; Caesar was a member |
| Sulla | led the Optimates |
| cursus honorum | series of political offices |
| quaestor | handled financial matters |
| praetor | judge |
| aedile | in charge of public games/amusements |
| Crassus | wealthiest man in Rome |
| pontifex maximus | chief priest of Rome |
| Spain | Caesar was propraetor (governor) |
| First Triumvirate | Caesar, Pompey, Crassus |
| Gaul | Caesar was proconsul (governor) for 10 years |
| corona civica | awarded for saving the life of a fellow citizen |
| Pompey | fought a civil war with Caesar |
| Pharsalus | where Pompey was defeated |
| Zela, Thapsus, Munda | where Caesar had some famous victories |
| Cassius and Brutus | lead assassins of Caesar |
| 44 BC | year Caesar was murdered |
| Bibulus | co-consul with Caesar, weak |
| alea iacta est | the die has been cast |
| Rubicon | river Caesar crossed which led to civil war |
| veni vidi vici | Caesar's reaction to his easy victory at the battle of Zela |
| et tu Brute | Caesar's last words? |
