

When Sulla was determined to have killed Caesar, some of his friends told him that it was to no purpose to put so young a boy as he to death. ) And though at the beginning, while so many were to be put to death, and there was so much to do, Caesar was overlooked by Sulla yet he would not keep quiet, but presented himself to the people as a candidate for the priesthood, though he was yet a mere boy. (The ground of Sulla's hostility to Caesar was the relationship between him and Marius. Julius Caesar (July 13, 100 B.C.-March 15, 44 B.C.) Reading for Lesson OneĪfter Sulla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar put away his wife Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the late sole ruler of the commonwealth but was unable to effect it either by promises or intimidation, and so contented himself with confiscating her dowry. Please be conscientious in your desire to share AO, and link instead of copying. This copyrighted material is free to use, not free to repost or republish. However, out of respect for this work, please honor our long-standing terms of use, and do not repost this or any of the AO curriculum anywhere else, in any form. We offer it to be used freely, and hope it will be a blessing to many students, parents, and teachers.

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