Your assumptions have an inherent flaw. If someone were to invent a time machine, go back to Caesar's time and Caesar were then to steal it and/or employ it, it would have an unimaginable effect on history. Many of the events you refer to might never occur or could happen years earlier or later. A different timestream would be created, and with advanced technology, it is probable that Caesar would conquer the world. Ergo, for example, Shakespeare, were he to be born at all rather than some ancestor killed by Roman forces, might speak Latin, and his plays, were he to choose that profession, would look and sound different and would be less likely to be remembered.
I really don't think you've considered the potential ramifications of such a time paradox.
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