11/22/2023 0 Comments Julius caesar coin front and back![]() ![]() Not long thereafter, Cornelia died and Caesar delivered a funeral oration in her honor, too. Shortly after being elected to the office of quaestor in 69 BCE (with this post, Caesar was admitted to the Senate), Caesar delivered an extraordinary funeral oration in praise of his aunt (the widow of the defeated Marius and thus a further act of defiance against the Sullans). ![]() While he was in the east the war with Mithradates renewed and Caesar again served with the legions in Asia in 74 BCE. After being ransomed, he led a successful raid on the pirate base, fulfilling his promise to crucify his former captors. On his journey to Rhodes in 75 BCE to pursue further studies in rhetoric to enhance his public speaking, Caesar was captured by pirates.
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