Tag: Julius

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...

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...

On the Ides of March in the Year of the Consulship of Julius Caesar V and Marc Antony, Julius Caesar had a very bad day — the day of his demise. In those days, the Julian Calendar was just taking effect, so the means by which Romans marked time were a little complicated. It was common for R...

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...

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...