From the dangerous streets of Rome's Subura district to the blood-stained floor of the Senate, this is the complete story of Gaius Julius Caesar — the man who conquered Gaul, crossed the Rubicon, and burned the Roman Republic to the ground. 100 BCE. A boy is born into a fading noble family in one of Rome's most dangerous neighborhoods. Fifty-six years later, he will lie dead with twenty-three stab wounds, having transformed the Western world forever.