Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome. The son of Gaius and Aurelia. His family had noble patrician roots that were neither rich nor influential.Caesar belonged to a powerful family that had a great connection between the two families of Marius and Julius.Caesar's father was the leading man in Rome. Gaius Caesar the man "who had saved the Roman republic several years before by defeating two German tribes, which are the Teutons (102) and the Cimbri (101)." Caesars father not only saved the Roman republic, but he was also a man of many talents such as being a general, author, a Roman statesman, and he is also a famous man for making a change toward "the Roman republic into a monarchy and a Mediterranean empire."