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Julius Caesar The Roman face of Hercules, about whom the young Caesar wrote a poem. Poems by Julius Caesar are mentioned by several sources in antiquity. [1] None are extant. Plutarch says that verse compositions were among the entertainments Caesar offered the Cilician pirates who captured him as a young man in 75 BC. [2]
The ancient Roman busts of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra in the Altes Museum, Berlin. Caesar is referred to in some of the poems of Catullus (ca. 84 – 54 BC); The Commentarii de Bello Gallico (ca. 58 – 49 BC) and the Commentarii de Bello Civili (ca. 40 BC) are two autobiographical works Caesar used to justify his actions and cement popular support
The objective of the palace was to ensure an atmosphere in which everybody staying at the hotel would feel like a Caesar; [5] this is why the name "Caesars Palace" lacks an apostrophe, making "Caesars" a plural instead of possessive noun. [6] Caesars Palace was instrumental in beginning a new era of lavish casinos from the late 1960s onward. [7]
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a theater located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace . The venue opened in 2003 and has an estimated seating capacity of 4,100 spectators.
Gordon and Caesars World had spent more than two years planning the project prior to its announcement. [1] [2] The 8.4-acre property had previously been used for the unsuccessful Caesars Palace Grand Prix. [3] [4] [5] Henry Gluck, chairman of Caesars World, reviewed numerous options for redeveloping the site. The idea to replace the racetrack ...
De vita Caesarum (Latin; lit. "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars or The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
The Forum of Caesar also had an effect on the Curia, which Caesar began to reconstruct in 44 BC. This reconstruction moved the Forum of Caesar much closer to the Curia. The ten tabernae located on the western side of the Forum and its now close approximation to the Senate house symbolized the unity that Caesar felt between himself and the Senate.
In fact, the structure now in the forum is the second incarnation of Caesar's curia. In 94, the Curia Julia was restored under Domitian. [2] [3] In 283, it was heavily damaged by a fire, at the time of Emperor Carinus. [4] From 284 to 305, the Curia was then rebuilt by Diocletian. It is the remnants of Diocletian's building that stands today.