claim: In 85 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar died.
evidence: Gaius Julius Caesar -LRB- ca. 130 BC -- 85 BC -RRB- was a Roman senator , a supporter of his brother-in-law , Gaius Marius , and the father of Gaius Julius Caesar , the dictator .. Roman senator. Roman Senate. Gaius Marius. Gaius Marius. Gaius Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar II. dictator. Roman dictator. Caesar was married to Aurelia Cotta , a member of the Aurelii and Rutilii families .. Aurelia Cotta. Aurelia Cotta. They had two daughters , known as Julia Major and Julia Minor , and a son , Gaius , who was born in 100 BC .. Julia Major. Julia Major ( sister of Caesar ). Julia Minor. Julia Minor ( sister of Caesar ). He was the brother of Sextus Julius Caesar -LRB- consul in 91 BC -RRB- and the son of Gaius Julius Caesar .. Gaius Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar II. Sextus Julius Caesar. Sextus Julius Caesar. consul. List of Roman consuls. Caesar 's progress through the cursus honorum is well known , although the specific dates associated with his offices are controversial .. cursus honorum. cursus honorum. According to two elogia erected in Rome long after his death , Caesar was a commissioner in the colony at Cercina , military tribune , quaestor , praetor , and proconsul of Asia .. Cercina. Cercina. military tribune. military tribune. quaestor. quaestor. praetor. praetor. proconsul. proconsul. Asia. Asia ( Roman province ). The dates of these offices are unclear .. The colony is probably one of Marius ' of 103 BC .. Broughton dated the praetorship to 92 BC , with the quaestorship falling towards the beginning of the 90s BC .. Brennan has dated the praetorship to the beginning of the decade .. Caesar died suddenly in 85 BC , in Rome , while putting on his shoes one morning .. Another Caesar , possibly his father , had died similarly in Pisa .. his father. Gaius Julius Caesar II. Pisa. Pisa. His father had seen to his education by one of the best orators of Rome , Marcus Antonius Gnipho .. Marcus Antonius Gnipho. Marcus Antonius Gnipho. In his will , he left Caesar the bulk of his estate , but after Marius 's faction had been defeated in the civil war of the 80s BC , this inheritance was confiscated by the dictator Sulla .. dictator. Roman dictator. Sulla. Lucius Cornelius Sulla