Gaius JuliusCaesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Gaius JuliusCaesar was born 12 July 100 BCE (though some cite 102 as his birth year). His father, also Gaius JuliusCaesar, was a Praetor who governed the province... Play: 'The Tragedy of JuliusCaesar'. Discover the timeless Caesar cipher through our modern Caesar cipher translator. Named after JuliusCaesar, who relied on it for secure military communications, this classic encryption technique shifts each letter in your message by a set number of positions in the alphabet. Why the name Caesar Cipher? Caesar (Caius Iulius Caesar) used this technique for some correspondences, especially military, for example with Cicerone (shift of 3). The Caesar cipher is a simple encryption technique that was used by JuliusCaesar to send secret messages to his allies. It works by shifting the letters in the plaintext message by a certain number of positions, known as the "shift" or "key".