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| c. 100 BC |
| | Julius Caesar is born into a patrician Roman family | |
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| -88 BC |
| | The Roman general Sulla takes the unprecedented step of marching upon Rome with a Roman army, to restore his own faction to power | |
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| -86 BC |
| | Gaius Marius, uncle of Julius Caesar, marches on Rome and massacres many of the supporters of Sulla | |
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| -85 BC |
| | Julius Caesar's father dies, and in his teens he becomes head of the family | |
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| -84 BC |
| | Julius Caesar marries Cornelia Cinna, whose family, like Caesar's own, are in the faction opposed to Sulla | |
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| -82 BC |
| | Sulla takes Rome for the second time, after a battle at the Colline Gate, and then publishes his lethal 'proscriptions' | |
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| -82 BC |
| | Sulla launches a massacre of his opponents and Julius Caesar is lucky to escape with his life, but his inheritance is confiscated | |
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| -82 BC |
| | To escape from Italy Caesar joins the army, and serves in Asia with distinction (winning the Civic Crown for courage in action) | |
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| -80 BC |
| | The 26-year-old Pompey conducts such a successful campaign in Africa that his soldiers hail him as Pompey the Great | |
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| 78 BC |
| | Sulla dies and Caesar returns to Rome, taking up a legal career as an advocate | |
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