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Gaius Julius Caesar[1] (pronounced [?ga?ius ?ju?lius ?ka?sar] in Classical Latin; conventionally pronounced /?ga??s ?d?u?li?s ?si?z?/ in English; July 13, 100 BC[2] – March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

A politician of the populares tradition, he formed an unofficial triumvirate with Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus which dominated Roman politics for several years, opposed in the Roman Senate by optimates like Marcus Porcius Cato and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus. His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, and he also conducted the first Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC; the collapse of the triumvirate, however, led to a stand-off with Pompey and the Senate. Leading his legions across the Rubicon, Caesar began a civil war in 49 BC from which he became the undisputed master of the Roman world.

After assuming control of government, he began extensive reforms of Roman society and government. He was proclaimed dictator for life (dictator perpetuus), and heavily centralised the bureaucracy of the Republic. However, a group of senators, led by Caesar's former friend Marcus Junius Brutus, assassinated the dictator on the Ides of March (March 15) in 44 BC, hoping to restore the normal running of the Republic. However, the result was another Roman civil war, which ultimately led to the establishment of a permanent autocracy by Caesar's adopted heir, Gaius Octavianus. In 42 BC, two years after his assassination, the Senate officially sanctified Caesar as one of the Roman deities.

Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC) Roman general and dictator

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You need to be a little more exact with your question.

If you meant Gaius Julius Caesar, he lived from July 13, 100 BC- March 15, 44 BC. For many years he was a member of a triumverate that ruled Rome, but in 49 BC, began a civil war that resulted in him becoming the undisputed ruler until his assassination in 44 BC.

HOWEVER - by just using the term "Caesar", you weren't very exact - that could have meant Julius, as above, or his father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, or his adopted son, Augustus Caesar, or even the general title used by most of the Roman leaders - they were pretty much all known as Caesar while they ruled.