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Early life and career of Julius Caesar (100 BC - 60 BC)

The career of Julius Caesar before his consulship in 59 BC was characterized by military adventurism and political persecution.

Julius Caesar was born on 12 July 100 BC into a patrician family, the gensJulia, which claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly the son of the goddess Venus. His father died when he was just 16, leaving Caesar as the head of the household.

His family status put him at odds with the Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who almost had him executed.

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Much of Caesar's early career has been embellished by later sources in an attempt to draw comparisons between his childhood and later life. Later biographers also embellished tales of his daring. However, much of his early career operated within standard aristocratic norms: his removal from the proscription lists, co-option into priesthoods, and activities in junior office s