Julius Caesar
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The Resources on this page are free to use with the Study Guide for Plutarch’s Life of Julius Caesar.
Any artwork on this page that has a red border and title is available in the accompanying Julius Caesar Picture Study as an 8.5″ x 11″ high-resolution print or as a PDF Download.
Each print comes with detailed information about the painting as well as study questions to connect it to Plutarch’s text.
For more information about the Picture Study for Julius Caesar, see this page.
Lesson #1: The Civil War of Caesar's Youth
We meet Julius Caesar when he is still a teenager in Lesson #1. We also learn about his childhood and the civil war happening as he’s growing up.
Lesson #2: Early Politics
Did you know that Julius Caesar was kidnapped by PIRATES?! Yep! Plutarch tells us all about it!
Watch a video about Caesar and the Pirates!
Learn more about gladiators at Kids Encyclopedia Facts.
Lesson #3: Leader of the Roman Army
Learn more about the military tactics of the Roman Army in this video by Naked Science (note: archeological human remains are shown @ 8:16 – 8:31).
Lesson #4: Triumphs
Caesar's Triumph by Peter Paul Rubens
See an interactive Google map of a route from Rome to the Rhone River that Caesar may have taken.
Watch the above video about Caesar’s secret code on the Khan Academy website.
Lesson #5: The Gallic Wars
The Battle of Alesia in the Gallic Wars
The Gallic leader and his warriors took refuge in the city of Alesia, which sat on a hill. Caesar built a seige wall to enclose the city and starve all its inhabitants.
When more Gallic warriors arrived, the Roman army built a second wall to keep the Gallic forces out.
Caesar fought two armies simultaneously – one inside the city and one outside.
And then he wrote a book about it! See The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar below.
Lesson #6: Crossing the Rubicon
Many thanks to Ben Pook @bpookart for permission to post his beautiful artwork.
Why was it such a big deal when Caesar crossed the Rubicon River?
Lesson #7: Chasing Pompey
Lesson #8: Caesar in Egypt
at the Dendera Temple, Egypt
Caesar Before Alexandria by Pellegrini
Watch a video of what ancient Egypt might have looked like during Caesar’s visit to Alexandria.
Lesson #9: Dictator for Life
Lesson #10: The Ides of March
The Murder of Caesar
The Death of Caesar
Lesson #11: The Ghost of Caesar
Lesson #12: A Place Among Men
I hope you enjoyed Plutarch’s Life of Julius Caesar!
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