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Caesar or Cæsar may mean:

Ancient Rome

  • Caesar (title), a title used by Roman Emperors and also Ottoman Turkish Emperors, related as well to "Tsar" and "Kaiser"

Roman Gens Julia

  • Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC) Roman general and dictator, hence
    • Julius Caesar (play), a tragedy by William Shakespeare
    • Julius Caesar (mini), a 2002 mini-series about Caesar, directed by Uli Edel
  • Gaius Julius Caesar (proconsul of Asia, 90s BC), father of the dictator
  • Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman Emperor, nephew and adoptive son of the dictator
  • Other members of the Julii Caesares, the family from which the dictator came

Culture

Food

  • Caesar (cocktail), a cocktail made with vodka and Clamato that is popular primarily in Canada
  • The Caesar salad, a salad named after Caesar Cardini
  • Little Caesars, a pizza restaurant chain

Science

  • Caesar cipher, an encryption technique used by the Roman dictator on military campaigns
  • Caesarean section, a surgical procedure to deliver a baby when a normal birth is difficult.

Images for kids

  • Marius Glyptothek Munich 319

    Gaius Marius, Caesar's uncle

  • Sulla Glyptothek Munich 309

    Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla stripped Caesar of the priesthood.

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    A denarius depicting Julius Caesar, dated to February–March 44 BC—the goddess Venus is shown on the reverse, holding Victoria and a scepter. Caption: CAESAR IMP. M. / L. AEMILIVS BVCA

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    The extent of the Roman Republic in 40 BC after Caesar's conquests

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    Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Julius Caesar, painting by Lionel Royer. Musée Crozatier, Le Puy-en-Velay, France.

  • Pompey the Great, Augustean copy of a 70-60 BC original, Venice Museo Archeologico Nazionale (22205132751)

    A Roman bust of Pompey the Great made during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), a copy of an original bust from 70 to 60 BC, Venice National Archaeological Museum, Italy.

  • Venus and Cupid from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus at Pompeii, most likely a depiction of Cleopatra VII

    This mid-1st-century-BC Roman wall painting in Pompeii is probably a depiction of Cleopatra VII as Venus Genetrix, with her son Caesarion as Cupid. Its owner Marcus Fabius Rufus most likely ordered its concealment behind a wall in reaction to the execution of Caesarion on orders of Octavian in 30 BC.

  • Caesar-Altes-Museum-Berlin

    Green Caesar, posthumous portrait of the 1st century AD, Altes Museum, Berlin

  • Roma-Statua di cesare

    Statue of Julius Caesar, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome

  • Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Death of Caesar - Walters 37884

    The Death of Caesar, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1867

  • M Antonius

    Bust of Mark Antony made during the Flavian dynasty (69–96 AD)

  • Marc Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral by George Edward Robertson

    Marc Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral by George Edward Robertson

  • Augustus Statue

    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Caesar's adopted heir

  • Denderah3 Cleopatra Cesarion

    Reliefs of Cleopatra and her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, at the Temple of Dendera

  • Commentarii de Bello Gallico

    A 1783 edition of The Gallic Wars

  • Julius Caesar's crematorium

    Flowers placed on the remains of the altar of Caesar in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy

  • Giulio-cesare-enhanced 1-800x1450

    Bust in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

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    Modern bronze statue of Julius Caesar, Rimini, Italy

  • Portrait of Julius Caesar (1st cent. B.C.) at the Archaeological Museum of Sparta on 15 May 2019

    Portrait at the Archaeological Museum of Sparta

  • Porta palatina, statue

    Bronze statue at the Porta Palatina in Turin

  • Portrait head of Julius Caesar (1st cent. A.D.) at the Archaeological Museum of Corinth on 10 January 2020

    Bust in the Archaeological Museum of Corinth

  • Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC)

    Bust in Naples National Archaeological Museum, photograph published in 1902

See also

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