Julius Caesar

noun

1. Gaius Julius Caesar.
2. (italics) a tragedy (1600?) by Shakespeare.
3. a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (88 km) in diameter.

Julius Caesar

noun

1. See Caesar
   See Caesar

Julius Caesar

¹

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare , dealing with the assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath. Some famous lines from the play are “ Et tu, Brute? ” “ Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ,” and “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look .”

Julius Caesar

²

1. A Roman general and dictator in the first century b.c. In military campaigns to secure Roman rule over the province of Gaul, present-day France , he gained much prestige. The Roman senate, fearing his power, ordered him to disband his army, but Caesar refused, crossed the Rubicon River, returned to Rome with his army, and made himself dictator. On a subsequent campaign in Asia , he reported to the senate, “ I came, I saw, I conquered .” Caesar was assassinated by his friend Brutus (see also Brutus ) and others on the ides of March in 44 b.c.

Example Sentences

Julius Caesar would give licorice to his troops to eat while they marched, as it alleviates thirst.

From Eater

Arsinoe declared herself the queen of Egypt, and at just 15, challenged the mighty army of Julius Caesar.

From Ozy

One of the few Americans to respond was Charlton Heston, with whom she had starred in Julius Caesar in 1970.

From The Daily Beast

A soothsayer warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March—a catastrophe looming in the middle of the month.

From The Daily Beast

Julius Caesar and his soldiers drank cider made from crabapples in 55 BC.

From The Daily Beast

Julius Caesar established the Acta Diurna to weaken his political opponents by revealing the proceedings of government.

From The Daily Beast

Julius Caesar was supposedly able to dictate two letters at the same time to different scribes.

From The Daily Beast

From the time of Julius Caesar they were allowed to build synagogues and granted many other privileges.

From Project Gutenberg

Could all the wise men of Rome have explained to Julius Caesar the following dispatch, if given in prophetic vision?

From Project Gutenberg

What sincerity was there in Julius Caesar when he discharged the duties of high-priest of the Republic?

From Project Gutenberg

He was a public man; and he turned paler, as he thought of Julius Caesar and Mr. Perceval.

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In some respects they are as interesting as are the famous Commentaries of Julius Caesar.

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