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Pages in category "Fictional depictions of Julius Caesar in literature" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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] Pliny places "the ...
De Analogia denotes the adherence to grammatical rules while not changing one's diction with current demotic usage. After the composition of his Commentarii de bello Gallico Caesar felt obligated to devise certain grammatical principles in reference to his commentaries, writing that "the choice of words is the fountain-head of eloquence."
Plutarch cites seven authors in the Life of Caesar: Asinius Pollio was a writer of the first century BC. A soldier who served under Caesar then Octavian, he turned to literature at the end of his life, perhaps because of his disbelief in public affairs. He indeed retained an unusual critical tone towards Augustus.
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
From the posthumous papers of English historian Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808–1853). [20] Edited in part by Elliot and in part by a munshi, revised by him. 'Abd al-Kāhir ibn 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Jurjāni. Also known as Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī (1009–1081). [21] Surnamed al-Nuhwī (the grammarian), he was a renowned Persian grammarian.
Harris and the tutors sent paper copies of their materials to individuals beyond Purdue University who had contacted the writing lab, requesting information on writing, citation, or research; these resources later became available electronically, through email requests and through GOPHER (a precursor to the World Wide Web), in 1993.
The Augustus of Prima Porta, one of the best-preserved examples of a standard type of official portrait. Caesar Augustus (63 BC – AD 14), known as "Octavian" before he became emperor, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. As such, he has frequently been depicted in literature and art since ancient times.