POLITICIAN

Julius Caesar

100 BC - 44 BC

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Gaius Julius Caesar ( SEE-zər, Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈjuːliʊs ˈkae̯sar]; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus and Pompey formed the First Triumvirate, a political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power as Populares were opposed by the Optimates within the Roman Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the frequent support of Cicero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Caesar has received more than 20,441,281 page views. His biography is available in 207 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 203 in 2019). Julius Caesar is the 2nd most popular politician (up from 3rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Politician.

Julius Caesar is most famous for being a Roman general and politician who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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  • 95.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 207

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Julius Caesar ranks 2 out of 15,710. Before him are Napoleon. After him are Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump, Louis XIV of France, Augustus, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Charlemagne, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and Elizabeth I of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Julius Caesar ranks 1. After him are Mary, mother of Jesus, Saint Joseph, Bartholomew the Apostle, Saint Anne, Joachim, Elizabeth, Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, Cornelius Nepos, Gamaliel, and Ambiorix. Among people deceased in 44 BC, Julius Caesar ranks 1. After him are Ptolemy XIV of Egypt, Burebista, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Helvius Cinna, and Publius Cornelius Sulla.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Julius Caesar ranks 2 out of 4,088. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452). After him are Galileo Galilei (1564), Marco Polo (1254), Michelangelo (1475), Christopher Columbus (1451), Archimedes (-287), Augustus (-63), Dante Alighieri (1265), Raphael (1483), Antonio Vivaldi (1678), and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Julius Caesar ranks 1. After him are Augustus (-63), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Commodus (161), Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Tiberius (-42), and Mark Antony (-83).

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