until his assassination in 44 BC. It was she who, in her dream, supposedly saw the murder scene before<hr>
it occurred, and warned Caesar.<hr>
        Julius Caesar, also simply known as Caesar, was a general, statesman, and<hr>
Roman writer, born on July 12 or 13, 100 BC in Rome and died on March 15, 44 BC.<hr>
in the same city. He is known for his conquests, notably that of Gaul.<hr>
        Lepidus, born around 89 BC and died in 13-12 BC, was a famous general and a<hr>
Roman politician. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, he took control of Rome and<hr>
allied with Mark Antony. During the war between Octavian and Mark Antony, he sided with<hr>
the latter and, following his defeat, was declared a "public enemy".<hr>
        Gaul was an ancient region of Western Europe populated by the Gauls, who were<hr>
primarily Celts, Belgians, Aquitans, Ligurians, and Iberians. It<hr>
currently corresponds to France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the majority of Switzerland,<hr>
northern Italy, and areas of the Netherlands and Germany located on the west bank of the<hr>
Rhein.<hr>
        Octavian, born on September 23, 63 BC in Rome and died on August 19, AD 14, was the first<hr>
Roman emperor, from January 16, 27 BC to August 19, AD 14. He succeeded Julius Caesar<hr>
in power by instituting the Empire. After his takeover, he began to be referred to as<hr>
Augustus, an honorific title that withstands time. He went by this name until his death.<hr>
        Tiberius, born in Rome on November 16, 42 BC and died in Misenum in the province of<hr>
Naples on March 16, AD 37, was the second Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37. He is the adopted son of Octavian<hr>
and his successor.<hr>
        Sulla, born in 138 BC and died in 78 BC, was a famous general and Roman<hr>
politician. He is known for his service as a dictator of Rome and his<hr>
tyrannical tendencies.<hr>
        Dolabella, or Cnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, was a Roman consul of the 1st century BC,<hr>
a supporter of Sulla. He was accused of extortion and abuse of power by Julius Caesar. Well defended,<hr>
he was acquitted.<hr>
        The term Celtiberians generally refers to the Celtic or "Celticized" tribes of<hr>
the Iberian Peninsula, currently in Spain and Portugal.<hr>
        The Lusitanians were a people settled in antiquity in the southwest of the<hr>
Iberian Peninsula, a region that would become the Roman province of Lusitania. This region<hr>
covered part of present-day Portugal.<hr>
        Ariovistus was a Germanic chieftain settled in Gaul who coveted the lands of the Roman<hr>
allies. Following negotiations and diplomatic deed made by Rome, he was driven out by force by an army led by Caesar.<hr>
        The Nervii were at the time one of the most powerful Belgian peoples of north-northeast<br>
of Gaul. The tribe controlled much of the important commercial route from Amiens.<hr>
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