Early Life and Background
Where was Julius Caesar born?
What is Rome?
What title did Julius Caesar take after gaining power?
What is dictator?
What river did Caesar cross that began a civil war?
What is the Rubicon River?
Where was Julius Caesar killed?
What is the Senate?
What happened to Rome after Caesar’s death?
What is Rome eventually became an empire?
What social class did Julius Caesar belong to?
What is the patrician class?
Why did many senators fear Caesar?
What is they believed he had too much power and might become a king.
Why was crossing the Rubicon such a big decision?
What is Caesar was starting a war against Rome?
Why did the senators kill Caesar?
What is they feared he had too much power and would destroy the republic?
Who became Rome’s first emperor after Caesar?
Who is Augustus (Octavian)?
Why did Caesar have to leave Rome when he was young?
What is the ruler Sulla saw him as a threat and wanted to punish him?
What changes did Caesar make to help Rome?
What is he made reforms, helped the poor, and improved Rome’s government?
What famous phrase is connected to this moment?
What is “The die is cast?”
Who was one of Caesar’s close friends that helped plan the assassination?
Who is Brutus?
What lesson can we learn from Julius Caesar’s story?
What is too much power can cause fear and conflict?
Why did Julius Caesar not become a priest of Jupiter?
What is there was a fued with another patrician family that kept him from taking the position?
What does the latin phrase veni,vidi,vici mean?
What is I came, I saw I conquered?
What did Caesar wear on his head?
What is a Civic Crown of oak leaves?