Portal:History/Featured article/December, 2005

Gaius Julius Cæsar (Classical Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS) (b. July 13, 100 BC; d. March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader. He played an important part in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, with the first Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses of all time — as well as a brilliant politician — and one of the ancient world's strongest leaders along with Alexander the Great. Caesar fought and won a Civil War which left him undisputed master of the Roman world, and began extensive reforms of Roman society and government.