As a general he was defeated at Gergovia but won important victories at Alesia and Pharsalus, the former against Vercengetorix and the latter against his rival Pompey the Great, who made up the first triumvirate along with Crassus and this man.
He wrote the polemic Anticato to challenge Cicero's own letter praising Cato the Younger and he was accused of conspiring with the participants in the Catiline Conspiracy. As a general he was defeated at Gergovia but won important victories at Alesia and Pharsalus, the former against Vercengetorix and the latter against his rival Pompey the Great, who made up the first triumvirate along with Crassus and this man. For 10 points, name this Roman general and leader who was appointed dictator in 49 BC and assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC.
He wrote the polemic Anticato to challenge Cicero's own letter praising Cato the Younger and he was accused of conspiring with the participants in the Catiline Conspiracy.
Gaius Julius {Caesar}