Caesar's Campaigns: Route Map & Timeline

Gaius Julius Caesar: 11 stops from 58 BC to 44 BC, from Geneva to Rome.

Route and timeline

#	Year	Place	What happened
1	58 BC	Geneva	As governor of Gaul he blocks the migrating Helvetii; the Gallic War begins.
2	55 BC	Rhine	Bridges the Rhine in ten days as a show of force to the Germans.
3	55 BC	Coast of Britain	Roman troops land in Britain for the first time.
4	52 BC	Alesia	Encloses Vercingetorix with a double wall; Gaul is subdued.
5	49 BC	Rubicon	Leads his army into Italy: Alea iacta est, “the die is cast”.
6	48 BC	Pharsalus	Defeats Pompey.
7	48 BC	Alexandria	Drawn into the Ptolemaic civil war, he backs Cleopatra.
8	47 BC	Zela	Defeats Pharnaces II of Pontus in five days: Veni, vidi, vici.
9	46 BC	Thapsus	Destroys the Pompeian remnants in Africa.
10	45 BC	Munda	The last battle of the civil war secures Spain.
11	44 BC	Rome	Assassinated in the Curia of Pompey on the Ides of March.