Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He was born around the year 100 BCE and was assassinated in 44 BCE. He was a brilliant military commander who expanded the Roman empire through his conquest of Gaul (modern-day France) and his invasion of Britain. He was also an accomplished author and his books about his military campaigns are still studied today. His political and administrative reforms laid the foundation for the transition from republic to empire. His famous quote "Veni, Vidi, Vici" means "I came, I saw, I conquered" demonstrate his military skill and ambition. He was also instrumental in the rise of the First Triumvirate, a political alliance of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus, which effectively ended the Roman Republic and paved the way for Caesar's eventual rise to dictator.
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