B.C. 102. Gaius Julius Caesar, nephew of Marius, born July 12th. „ 83. Marries Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the friend of Marius. „ 81-78. Served with distinction in Asia. „ 76. Studies oratory at Rhodes. „ 68. Begins his political career as Quaestor, partly at Rome, partly in Spain. „ 65. Curule Aedile. Incurs enormous debts by his splendid shows. „ 61. Propraetor in Spain: conquers Lusitanians: amasses wealth. „ 60. Coalition of Pompeius, Caesar, and Crassus: First Triumvirate. „ 59. Consul. The Leges Iuliae. „ 58-50. Subjugation of Gaul and two invasions of Britain (55 and 54). „ 56. Meeting of Triumvirate at Luca. „ 50. The trouble with Pompeius begins. „ 49. Crosses the Rubicon. Civil war with Pompeius. Dictator a first time. „ 48. Pharsalus. Defeats Pompeius. Dictator a second time. „ 46. Thapsus. Defeats Scipio, Sulla, and Afranius. Declared Dictator for ten years. „ 45. Munda. Defeats Gn. Pompeius and Labienus. Dictator and Imperator for life. „ 44. Assassinated in the Senate House on the Ides of March. 2. Works. (1) +THE DE BELLO GALLICO.+--This work describes Caesar’s operations in Gaul, Germany, and Britain during the years 58-52 B.C., the events of each year occupying a separate Book. BOOK I. B.C. 58. The Helvetii and Ariovistus the German defeated. „ II. „ 57. The Nervii, the bravest Belgian tribe, almost exterminated. „ III. „ 56. Conquest of the coast tribes of Brittany (Veneti, &c.) and of the South-West (Aquitani). „ IV. „ 55. Inroad of Germans into Northern Gaul repulsed. Caesar crosses the Rhine a first time. First invasion of Britain. „ V. „ 54. Second invasion of Britain. Fresh risings of the Gauls put down by Labienus and Q. Cicero. „ VI. „ 53. Caesar crosses the Rhine a second time. Northern Gaul reduced to peace. „ VII. „ 52. Uprising of the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Siege and capture of Alesia. Surrender of Vercingetorix. He is taken in chains to Rome, to adorn Caesar’s triumph. „ VIII. „ 51 (added by HIRTIUS). Final subjugation of Gaul. Caesar’s object was threefold:-- (i) To provide materials for professed historians. (ii) To justify the conquest he describes. (iii) To vindicate in the eyes of the world his opposition to the Senate and the Government. (2) +DE BELLO CIVILI.+--This work, in three Books, is similar in plan to the _De Bello Gallico_. It describes the events of the Civil War during the years 49-48 B.C. Book III. ends abruptly with the words: _Haec initia belli Alexandrini fuerunt._