Julius Caesar
From quaestor to dictator
The first and last century BC: a century which saw the end of a republic and the rise of an empire. Here is an emblematic figure, emblematic of this century and the twilight years of the Roman Republic, in turn a great tactician, shrewd politician, quaestor, praetor, general, consul, proconsul, and finally dictator for life, deified post mortem...
“It is better to die once than live always in fear of death!”
Julius Caesar in “Parallel Lives” by Plutarch
Julius Caesar waged his wars on all fronts, foreign and domestic, and struck (down) both adversaries and coins with zeal.
What was his famous phrase again?
I came, I saw, I collected!
Collect the Julius Caesar coins
“Elephant” by the AI program Midjourney (2024) (All rights reserved)