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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Cams julius caesar, one of the most distinguished characters in Roman' history, was the son of C. Julius Caesar and Aurelia a woman not unworthy of being ranked with Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi — and was born on the 12th of Quintilis (july), in the year B. C. 100. He lost his father at the age of sixteen, but his mother was still living at the time of his Victorious career in Gau]. By her his education was superintended with the utmost care and the facility with which he comprehended the most diffi cult subjects submitted to him, and the zeal he displayed in the acquisition of knowledge, produced a strong conviction that he would one day exercise great influence on the affairs of his country. Beyond this, little is known respecting his early youth, for the two biographies which we have of him by Plutarch and Suetonius are unfortunately defective, the beginning being wanting in both.