Julius Caesar has had a very tough life. When he was about sixteen years old his father died. All throughout his life he has witnessed a lot of drama. With his mom getting remarryied, and then getting divorced. When he was really young he got married then got a divorce not to long after. Caesar, on the staff of a military legate, was awarded the civic crown (oak leaves) for saving the life of a citizen in battle. His leading general sent him on an embassy to Nicomedes, the king of Bithynia to obtain a fleet of ships. Caesar was successful, and had obtained the ships. Caesar whent back home and became a lawyer. That was when he started himslef in the world of pollatics.