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On this day (January 16) Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
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A future Roman emperor born Gaius Julius Caesar, was dressed by his general father in a miniature soldier's outfit and the legionnaires gave him the nickname by which we call him, "Caligula," which means "little boots."
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Gaius Julius Civilis, a Batavi who was falsely accused of treason, arrested twice, awaiting execution and had his brother executed on the same charge. Upon release, he traveled back home and led the Batavian uprising, defeating two Roman legions and controlling two more before negotiations.
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A man named Gaius Julius Caesar was elected to the German parliament in 2010.
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Of the first 5 Roman Emperors (+ Julius Caesar) three were officially named Tiberius Claudius Nero (Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero) and 3 were called Gaius Caesar (Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, and Caligula)
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According to Suetonius both the elder Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) and the younger Gaius Julius Caesar (Caligula) were stabbed 30 times by conspirators led by a man named Cassius
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Julius Caesar was rumored to be gay. *According to Cicero, Bibulus, Gaius Memmius, and others he had an affair with Nicomedes IV of Bithynia early in his career. The tales were repeated, referring to Caesar as the Queen of Bithynia, by some Roman politicians as a way to humiliate him.*
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The Origins of Caesarian Section came from the infamous Roman Ruler Gaius Julius Caesar. "...Romans receive this name from Julius Caesar, who was not born. For when his mother died in the ninth month, they cut her open, took him out, and named him thus."
