Tag: Caesar

Julius Caesar’s rise to power was marked by both brilliance and brutality. A military genius, Caesar expanded the Roman Republic’s territories through his conquests in Gaul. His charisma and military successes earned him immense popularity among the Roman populace and the army, but they ...

Arsinoe IV was possibly the fourth daughter of King Ptolemy XII. She was born around 63 BC and was the half-sister of Cleopatra VII. When Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, his daughter Cleopatra and his eldest son Ptolemy XIII became the joint rulers of Egypt. The brother-sister married each other overl...

In the 1st century BCE, Cilician pirates ran rampant in the Mediterranean Sea. Plutarch wrote that they had up to a thousand ships and around 30,000 sailors aboard them. Rome struggled to combat pirate lawlessness with varying degrees of success. For instance, Marcus Antonius Orator was appointed pr...

Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, military leader, dictator, and one of the most important figures in Roman history. He was assassinated on March 15, 44 BCE. For centuries, the blame for his death was placed on Marcus Junius Brutus. However, it turns out that another Brutus m...

In the annals of history, few rivalries have shaped the course of empires as significantly as the clash between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The year 48 BC was particularly momentous, culminating in the Battle of Pharsalus, which pitted these two titans against each other on the Greek plains....

On June 23, 47 BC, the last Pharaoh of Egypt was born, the son of the famous Cleopatra and the equally famous Julius Caesar, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion — “little Caesar.” Cleopatra was formally married to her brother, Ptolemy XIV, at the time of he...

The ancient Roman historian Suetonius describes the appearance of Gaius Julius Caesar as follows: “They say he was tall, fair-skinned, well-built, with a full face, black and lively eyes. He was distinguished by excellent health: only towards the end of his life did he suffer sudden fainting s...

The triumvirate (literally “the rule of three”) was officially formed in 60 BC at Julius Caesar’s initiative. Pompey and Crassus did not like each other, but such a political alliance benefited all. It allowed the co-rulers to control Rome, delegating powers to each other. Crassus ...

You are probably familiar with the hypozeuxis but just don’t know it. Don’t worry — it is not a terminal or incurable medical condition. A hypozeuxis (pronounced “hi PUH zook sis”) is a rhetorical term for a series of brief parallel clauses where each clause has it...