| DATE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
| 100 BC | Born July 12 or 13 in Rome, a member of the prestigious Julian clan. |
| 84 BC | Marries Cornelius; his uncle by marriage is Gaius Marius, a leading radical politician. |
| 82 BC | The reactionary politician Lucius Cornelius Sulla becomes dictator and demands that he divorce Cornelia; rather than comply, he leaves Rome. |
| 78 BC | Returns to Rome following Sulla's resignation from office. |
| 76 BC | Studies rhetoric in Rhodes. |
| 69 BC | Elected a quaestor. |
| 65 BC | Elected a curule aedile. |
| 61 BC | Serves as Governor of Spain. |
| 60 BC | Forms the First Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey. |
| 59 BC | Elected consul. Pompey marries Caesar's daughter, Julia. |
| 58 BC | Appointed Governor of Roman Gaul. In the succeeding Gallic Wars he establishes Roman rule over central and northern Europe west of the Rhine. |
| 55 BC | Leads an expedition to Britain. |
| 54 BC | Death of Julia. |
| 53 BC | Crassus defeated and killed in battle. |
| 52 BC | Pompey becomes sole consul. |
| 49 BC | Prompted by Pompey, the Roman Senate calls on Caesar to lay down his command and disband his army. He crosses the Rubicon, the river separating his province of Gaul from Italy, and quickly establishes control over all Italy. |
| 48 BC | Pompey's forces destroyed at Pharsalus in Greece. |
| 47 BC | Pompey escapes to Egypt, where he is assassinated. In Egypt, Caesar installs Cleopatra as Queen. Returns to Rome as dictator. |
| 45 BC | Made consul for ten years. Institutes a programme of social, economic, and administrative reform. |
| 44 BC | Feeling threatened by his power, a group of Senators assassinate him. |
