his staff, and his crown, right before his assassination. Some other scholars, are certain that Julius Caesar was only deified after his death. After his death, a cult based on the life and possible divinity of Julius Caesar came together, remaining popular for many years...
The death toll was immense. "In his triumph in 46 [B.C.] Caesar listed the number of [enemy] soldiers killed in all his battles — thus not only in Gaul — as 1,192,000," wrote Kurt Raaflaub, emeritus professor of classics and history at Brown University, in theNew England Classica...
Julius Caesar, the influential Roman general and statesman, conquered vast territories, reformed Rome’s government, and met a tragic end that forever shaped history.
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‘Augustus Caesar’ following Julius Caesar’s death. In the world of Ancient Roman politics, public perception was everything. Augustus was well aware he needed to capitalise on his familial name to earn the people’s trust – even if he was only distantly related to Julius Caesar (more on...
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Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus (who was treacherously killed by Pompey the Great in 77) and Servilia (who later became Cae
Known for initiating two centuries of peace in Rome, Augustus Caesar’s rise to political power was anything but amicable.
Sigrid Hunbke stated that the old library annexed to the academy founded by Ptolomy the First (Soter) about the year 300 B.C. was burned in the year 47 B.C. when Julius Caesar besieged the city. The library was later rebuilt by Cleopatra, who furnished it with books from Bergamun. ...
Caesar went on to become the ruler of Rome, proclaiming himself to be the sole consul and dictator. Consul and Dictator After receiving news of Pompey’s death in Egypt, Caesar commanded that the Egyptians give recompense for Rome’s military assistance during Ptolemy XII’s reign. He also ...