![]() His aunt, Julia was the leader of the Popular faction, Gaius Marius’ wife. His parents were Gaius Julius Caesar (a praetor) and Aurelia and although he belonged to a noble family, they weren’t very influential or rich during this time. The exact date of Julius Caesar’s birth is not known, but historians claim it to be on July 12 or 13, 100 or 102 BC in Rome. * Romulus and Remus illustration by: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT When was Julius Caesar Born? The legend ends by telling how Romulus was carried up to the heavens by his father, Mars, and was worshipped as the God Quirinus. The war went on for many years but eventually the Sabine tribe and Romulus reached an agreement and the Sabines became a part of Rome under the Kingship of Romulus. ![]() The Sabine tribe were not happy about this and declared war on Rome. He stole women from the Sabine tribe to provide wives for the slaves and criminals and to populate his new city. The legend says that Romulus became the first King of Rome in 753BC and populated his new city with runaway slaves and convicted criminals. Romulus was so annoyed that he killed Remus and said the he would kill anyone who mocked his city or tried to break through the walls of Rome. One day, Remus visited Romulus and made fun of his wall by jumping over it and saying how easily it could be breached. ![]() They could not reach an agreement and so each began to build his own city enclosed with walls. Remus favoured the Aventine Hill but Romulus wanted to use the Palatine Hill. After doing this they decided to build a city of their own but could not agree where to build it. The two young men discovered who they really were and decided to kill Amulius and put their grandfather back on the throne. They grew up and were found by the shepherd Faustulus, who took them home and looked after them until they were grown up. However, the boys were rescued by a she-wolf who fed the babies with her own milk and cared for them. When the boys were born, Amulius seized them, put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. Numitor’s brother, Amulius, had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. Their father was Mars, the God of War, their mother was Rhea Silvia, a vestal virgin and daughter of the King, Numitor.
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