The Romans under Marcus Minucius Thermus and Lucius Licinius Lucullus won the day. The island city, situated on Lesbos, was suspected of helping local pirates. Caesar began his military career at the Siege of Mytilene in 81 BC The Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and Caligula were all related to him. Photo by Louis le Grand via Wikimedia Commons. Julius Caesar had two sisters, both called Julia His mother’s family was even more importantĪurelia Cotta’s father, Lucius Aurelius Cotta, was Consul (the top job in the Roman Republic) like his father before him. He was governor of the province of Asia and his sister was married to Gaius Marius, a giant of Roman politics. Caesar’s father (also Gaius Julius Caesar) became a powerful man His journey from his native Troy to Italy is told in the Aeneid by Virgil, one of the great works of Roman literature. Aeneas was legendarily a forefather of Romulus and Remus Caesar’s own use of elephant imagery suggests he favoured the last interpretation. It could be that an ancestor had been born by caesarean section, but might have reflected a good head of hair, grey eyes or celebrated Caesar killing an elephant. The name Caesar may have had many meanings Featuring Dr Emma Southon and Professor Marco Conti. This documentary tells the story of Julius Caesar's assassination on the 'Ides of March' in 44 BC.
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