Identifier: caesarsbellumgal03hend (find matches)
Title: Caesar's Bellum Gallicum, (Books III. & IV.) : with Introductory Notices, Notes, Complete Vocabulary and a Series of Exercises for Re-Translation, for the use of Classes Reading for Departmental and University Examinations
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Henderson, John
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Publisher: Toronto : The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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LIFE OF CAESAR. CaiuS Julius Caesar^ was bom on the 12th of July, B.C. Birth.100.^ He was thus six years younger than Cicero and Pompey.His family (gens J-ulia) was not merely one of the oldest, but Hiafamilywas also one of the most respected of the patrician families ofthe capital. It traced its descent to liilus, son of Aeneas, andthus through Venus claimed to be of divine origin. It alsoembraced among its members many who distinguished them-selves in the service of the state. Little is known of Caesars father, except that he held at some Caesarstime or other the office of praetor, and that he died suddenly at ^Pisa, B. C. 84. The education of young Caesar seems to havebeen directed chiefly by his mother, Aurelia, who was a womanof lofty ambition and a firm believer in the noble destiny of herson. His early training, according to the fashion of that day,consisted in acquiring a knowledge of numbers, grammar, music,and in practising physical exercises. He is also said to havedevoted

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