Hearing of Sulla's death in 4E 135, Caesar felt safe enough to return to Greece. Ironically, the loss of his priesthood had allowed him to pursue a military career, as the high priest of Jupiter was not permitted to touch a horse, sleep three nights outside his own bed or one night outside Greece, or look upon an army. He went on a mission to Bithynia to secure the assistance of King Nicomedes's fleet, but he spent so long at Nicomedes' court that rumors arose of an affair with the king, which Caesar vehemently denied for the rest of his life. He served with distinction, winning the Civic Crown for his part in the Siege of Mytilene. Sulla gave in reluctantly and is said to have declared that he saw many a Marius in Caesar.Ĭaesar felt that it would be much safer far away from Sulla should the Dictator change his mind, so he left Rome and joined the Imperial Legion, serving under Marcus Minucius Thermus in Asia and Servilius Isauricus in Cilicia. He was stripped of his inheritance, his wife's dowry, and his priesthood, but he refused to divorce Cornelia and was forced to go into hiding. The threat against him was lifted by the intervention of his mother's family, which included supporters of Sulla, and the Vestal Virgins. Following Sulla's final victory, though, Caesar's connections to the old regime made him a target for the new one. Marius and his ally Lucius Cornelius Cinna were in control of the city when Caesar was nominated to be the new high priest of Jupiter, and he was married to Cinna's daughter Cornelia. Both sides carried out bloody purges of their political opponents whenever they were in the ascendancy. His coming of age coincided with a civil war between his uncle Gaius Marius and his rival Lucius Cornelius Sulla. One day, Caesar's father died suddenly, so Caesar was the head of the family at 16. Julius Caesar joined the Imperial Youth at age 11 and trained with them to become a strong warrior until leaving at age 16. He was an only child, and weighed a large 11 lbs at birth. Born in 4E 115, Gaius Julius Caesar was born to a noble family in Greece.
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