Julius ceasar
Caesar was murdered by two of his friends – Brutus and Cassius.When Caesar did go free, he gathered an army, sailed back to the island and captured the pirates, and put them in prison. In the year 75 BC, Caesar was captured by pirates in the Mediterranean Sea! They held him prisoner for 38 days while a friend of Caesar’s went to collect the ransom money that the pirates wanted.Caesar was the first Roman leader who had his own head put on a coin.One of the most famous things Caesar said was ‘veni, vidi, vici’, which in English means ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’.Caesar’s family claimed that they were descendants of the goddess Venus.
Roman leaders who came after him also called themselves Caesar. While Caesar had a glowing career in both politics and as a military commander, he was only leader of the Roman Empire for a year before he was assassinated by political enemies. He won many battles for Rome and helped the Roman Empire grow.