A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... By now, Caesar was very successful, but he had many enemies and found his position and his life under threat. He believed the only way he ...

In the 1930s an Italian archaeologist, perhaps playing to Mussolini’s enthusiasm for the dictator, firmly identified it as a portrait of Julius Caesar, taken from life. So accurate was it ...

After crossing the Rubicon with his army in tow, Julius Caesar broke ... generals attributed their personal successes to the Republic they represented, Caesar took sole credit for his military ...

Julius Caesar ... 509 B.C. While Caesar had made pointed and public displays of turning down offers of kingship, he showed no reluctance to accept the office of “dictator for life” in February ...

An ancient gold coin described as a “naked and shameless celebration” of the assassination of Julius Caesar ... dictator for life – just two months earlier, Caesar was killed by a group ...