In 48 BC, Roman Military Commander Julius Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania) .

BC: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).

"Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar — but why did the ...

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Julius Caesar’s conquest of France, Britain, and Germany, and his assassination of the Roman leader Pompey (in 48 BCE), had him emerge as the unrivaled leader of the Roman world.

This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his enemies in Rome. She pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies.

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A surprise contender is 37-year-old Julius Caesar, a mid-ranking politician in the government at the heart of Rome and its empire.