Julius Caesar (1953)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, George Macready, Michael Pate, Alan Napier, Ian Wolfe, Douglass Dumbrille, Edmund Purdom
Oscars: art direction-set direction
William Shakespeare version.
-61 Gaius Julius Caesar, nephew of Marius, wins his first victories in Spain
-60 Caesar returns to Rome, is elected consul, & forms w/ Pompey & Crassus the first triumvirate
-60 Roman colonies in Switzerland
-58 to -50 Caesar in Gaul
-55 Caesar conquers Northern Gaul; punitive expeditions sent to Britain
-54 when Caesar invades Britain, Cassivellaunus, a powerful Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain, agrees to pay tribute to Rome
-53 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae
-52 Pompey becomes consul in Romse
-51 Gaul subdued by Caesar
-50 rivalry betweeen Caesar and Pompey for control of Rome
-49 Caesar crossses Rubicon to start civil war
-48 Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalia
-47 Pompey murdered in Egypt by order of Cleopatra
-46 Africa made Roman province; Caesar returns to Rome
-45 Caesar, dictator in Rome, adopts his nephew Gaius Octavius as heir
-44 conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius Longinus murder Caesar
Second triumvirate created: Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, & Gaius Octavius, now renamed Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian)
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