Who's Who: Hanging Out With Julius Caesar Quiz

Answer: Cornelia

Both Caesar and his first wife, Cornelia, were from families of important politicians in Rome. They married when they were quite young - probably around 16 or 17. Even though there were people, such as political rivals, who attempted to break up the marriage, they were married thirteen years. Cornelia, who was the mother of Caesar's only legitimate child, died in childbirth.

Answer: Julia

Julia was not only Caesar's only daughter, she was also his only legitimate heir. Roman children were generally given the masculine or feminine form of their father's name - hence the similarity between Julia and Julius. Interestingly, Caesar originally made arrangements for her to marry Brutus (!), however, he broke off that engagement in favor of using Julia as a pawn in his alliance-making schemes. Even though she was married to a much older man, it is said that the two were a devoted couple; by all accounts Julia was the type of person who was loved and respected by many.

She died in childbirth.

Answer: Calpurnia

Calpurnia was Caesar's third and last wife. She was quite a bit younger than he was - maybe even younger than his daughter - and was said to be rather shy and humble. Did she really have a premonition about his death? Plutarch mentioned it in his "Vita Caesari", but it was Shakespeare, of course, who wrote about her dream.

After Caesar died, she gave all of his papers and many of his belongings to one of his trusted allies.

Answer: Cleopatra

As Caesar's Civil War was drawing to a close, circumstances took him to Egypt. There Caesar became acquainted - although it is uncertain if she delivered himself to him rolled in a carpet - with Cleopatra, with whom he would begin a relationship that apparently lasted until his death.

She gave birth to a son who was never publicly acknowledged by Caesar shortly after he returned to Rome alone. Cleopatra and her son, were, however, in Rome when Caesar was assassinated and stayed, hoping that her son would be named as Caesar's heir. Upon their return to Egypt, she appointed her son as her co-ruler there.

Answer: Marc Antony

Putting aside what happened after Caesar's death, Marc Antony was one of Caesar's closest friends and allies. He had fought with Caesar's army in Gaul and also during Caesar's Civil War. In 44 BC both he and Caesar served as co-consuls - the highest office that could be held in Rome's Republican government.

While Antony was involved in the famous diadem incident - supposedly crowning Caesar during a public event - he was not involved in any way with the assassination. Caesar's death left him the only consul, and he was chosen to give the elegy at the funeral.

While apparently the thought crossed his mind to attempt to overthrow Caesar's heir, he eventually realized that Caesar's veteran soldiers would not fight against his heir, and the Second Triumvirate was established to restore some stability in the Republic.

Answer: Caesarion

Caesarion was born in Egypt, but spent the first two years of his life in Rome with his mother. Was he really Caesar's biological son? His mother claimed he was. Although Caesar never acknowledged him as such, many believed Caesarion carried many of Caesar's physical traits.

After his mother's death, he was technically pharaoh, as his mother had appointed him as co-ruler and apparently groomed him to take over one day. The last historical records regarding Caesarion put him in Alexandria and suggest that he was murdered there - although the exact consequences of his death are unknown - at the age of seventeen.

Answer: Pompey

In history Pompey is usually called Pompey the Great. He had earned quite a reputation for himself during the Spartacus Rebellion and clearing out bothersome pirates in the Mediterranean. During his political career he served as Governor of Hispania Ulterior and was co-consul. Together he, Caesar, and Crassus formed an alliance called the First Triumvirate sometime around 60 BC.

The agreement was sealed with Pompey's marriage to Caesar's daughter. After the first five years, the triumvirs agreed to renew their alliance for five more; it was during this time that the political situation changed. Crassus was killed fighting in Syria, and Caesar's daughter died in childbirth.

After ten years Caesar wanted to bring his victorious army home from Gaul, and Pompey, whose army was protecting citizens from violence in Rome, fearful of losing his power, disagreed.

At the end of Caesar's Civil War, Pompey was killed in Egypt, while attempting to ask pharaoh for asylum.

Answer: Brutus

Like Caesar, Brutus was descended from one of the oldest families in Rome. There has even been speculation that Caesar was his father due to the fact that Brutus' mother was Caesar's one-time mistress. When Caesar's Civil War began, Brutus fought with the opposing side; even, so, at what became the final battle, the Battle of Pharsalus, Plutarch wrote that Caesar commanded that Brutus be taken alive. Forgiven, Brutus was made Governor of Gaul. That act of clemency, however, did not keep Brutus from joining the anti-Caesar coalition in the Roman Senate; Caesar was said to have attempted to fight off his attackers until he saw that Brutus was involved.

Answer: Octavian

Known in history as Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, Octavian was actually related to Caesar by blood. He was Caesar's grand-nephew, as his mother, Atia, was Caesar's niece. Octavian had planned to fight with Caesar's army during Caesar's Civil War, however, circumstances did not seem to permit it.

He had planned to go to Hispania, but could not immediately due to illness. Eventually he was shipwrecked on his way to join Caesar's army and suffered through quite a journey to meet up with his uncle. Caesar was impressed, and the historian Suetonius claimed that it was on his return to Rome that Caesar changed his will, naming Octavian his heir. Octavian was still, however, quite a young man when Caesar was assassinated - just 19 years old - and required help from others in claiming his inheritance.

Answer: Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius, called the "Third Founder of Rome" by some due to his military victories against Germanic tribes, was married to Caesar's father's sister, Julia. It was his association with the powerful Caesar family that enabled Marius to begin his political career. He is known for his reform of the Roman army that virtually ended the use of citizen army that had previously protected Roman interests. Instead, he recruited soldiers from the poor citizens of Rome and paid them - an act that contributed to the end of the Roman Republic.