1. JULIUS CAESAR A QUICK INTRODUCTION BY MR. WHEELER

2. You may know him as… A Ruler

3. A Leader

4. AN Inspiration for unbelievably huge resort casinos.

5. A friend

6. But what you might not know, is this…

7. Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100BC. A Cancer. So you know he was crazy. In fact, his family claimed that they were descendants of the goddess Venus.

8. Although he began his political career at age 16, he dID not achieve political success until 63 BC, at age 36. He became ruler of the roman foreign lands. But there were many haters…

9. …So Caesar decided to make some powerful friends. Like this guy: Pompey And this guy: Crassus The first triumvirate In 53 BC Crassus kicked the bucket, pompey wAS A SUCCESS IN ROME, AND CAESAR WAS EXPANDING THE ROMAN EMPIRE. SO THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.

10. WHEN CAESAR RETURNED TO ROME IN 50 BC, THEY WERE GOING TO PUT HIM ON TRIAL FOR EARLIER TRANSGRESSIONS. SO… …HE STARTED A CIVIL WAR.

11. WITH HIS OLD PAL POMPEY. (THIS GUY) BUT CEASAR SWITCHED HIS ARMY INTO BEAST MODE AND POMPEY HAD TO FLEE TO EGYPT. WHERE HE WAS KILLED X

12. CAESAR RETURNED HOME A RULER AND CONTINUED TO BUILD POLITICAL POWER. SEE, HE THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WAS WEAK. HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RUN SMOOTHER IF…

13. …THIS GUY RAN THE SHOW. THAT’S RIGHT.

14. YOUR LEADER

15. YOUR RULER

16. YOUR FRIEND

17. JULIUS CAESAR

18. OUR STORY BEGINS 1 MONTH BEFORE CAESAR IS MURDERED. FEBRUARY 15, 44 BC. MANY LOVED HIM, MANY DID NOT. WAS HE A POWER HUNGRY DICTATOR? OR WAS HE A GREAT RULER OF ROME?

19. THESE ARE HIS FINAL DAYS.