What is Julius Caesar?
{{about|the person|the play by [[William Shakespeare]]|Julius Caesar (play)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Julius Caesar | image = Retrato de Julio César (26724093101).jpg | caption = The [[Tusculum portrait]], possibly the only surviving sculpture of Caesar made during his lifetime. Archaeological Museum, [[Turin]], [[Italy]] | office = [[Roman dictator|Dictator]] of the [[Roman Republic]] | term_start = October 49 BC | term_end = 15 March 44 BC | 1blankname = {{nowrap|[[Magister equitum|Lieutenant]]}} | 1namedata = {{plainlist| *[[Mark Antony|Marcus Antonius]] *[[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] *[[Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus]]}} | predecessor = [[Sulla]]<br />(82/81–81 BC; as previous Dictator) | successor = [[Augustus]]<br />(27 BC – AD 14; as [[Roman emperor]]) | office1 = [[Roman consul|Consul of the Roman Republic]] | term_start1 = 1 January 44 BC | term_end1 = 15 March 44 BC | alongside1 = [[Mark Antony]]&nbsp; | predecessor1 = {{plainlist| *[[Gaius Caninius Rebilus|C. Caninius Rebilus]] (Suffect) *[[Trebonius|Gaius&nbsp;Trebonius]] (Suffect)}} | successor1 = {{plainlist| *[[P. Cornelius Dolabella]] (Suffect) * [[Mark Antony]]}} | term_start2 = 1 January 46 BC | term_end2 = September 45 BC | alongside2 = [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|M. Aemilius Lepidus]] (46 BC) | predecessor2 = {{plainlist| *[[Quintus Fufius Calenus|Q. Fufius Calenus]] * [[Publius&nbsp;Vatinius]]}} | successor2 = {{plainlist| *[[Quintus Fabius Maximus|Q. Fabius Maximus]] (Suffect) * [[Trebonius|Gaius&nbsp;Trebonius]] (Suffect)}} | term_start3 = 1 January 48 BC | term_end3 = 1 January 47 BC | alongside3 = [[Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 48 BC)|P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus]] | predecessor3 = {{plainlist| *[[Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior|C. Claudius Marcellus Maior]] * [[Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus|L.&nbsp;Cornelius&nbsp;Lentulus&nbsp;Crus]]}} | successor3 = {{plainlist| *[[Quintus Fufius Calenus|Q. Fufius Calenus]] * [