"Roman History" Cassius Dio, AD 164-235, Books 39 and 40.121, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus at paragraphs 25, 47 and 58 "De Vita Cæsarum" (The Lives of the Twelve Cæsars) A.D."Commentarii de Bello Gallico", (Commentaries on the Gallic War) 58-49 B.C., Gaius Julius Cæsar, Books IV and V.( Gaius Julius Cæsar IV) and are listed here in date order of publication (oldest first): The following articles, drawings and extracts cover the period from 58 B.C. This circumstance gave origin to the expression of Sylla, who often advised the nobles to beware of 'the ill-girt boy'." For he used the Latus Clavus with fringes about the wrists, and always had it girded about him, but rather loosely. It is said that he was particular in his dress. He therefore used to bring forward the hair from the crown of his head and of all the honours conferred upon him by the senate and people, there was none which he either accepted or used with greater pleasure, than the right of wearing constantly a laurel crown. His baldness gave him much uneasiness, having often found himself on that account exposed to the jibes of his enemies. He was so nice in the care of his person, that he not only kept the hair of his head closely cut and had his face smoothly shaved, but even caused the hair on other parts of the body to be plucked out by the roots, a practice for which some persons rallied (railed ?) him. He was likewise twice seized with the falling sickness while engaged in active service.
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" It is said that he was tall, of a fair complexion, round limbed, rather full faced, with eyes black and piercing and that he enjoyed excellent health, except towards the close of his life, when he was subject to sudden fainting-fits, and disturbance in his sleep. Made of fine-grained marble, the bust measures 1ft 1in (33 cm) in height.Īccording to Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Twelve Cæsars Chapter XLV and is housed in the permanent collection of the Museo d'Antichitá in Turin, Italy. Being one of the copies of the bronze original, the bust is dated to 50-40 B.C. According to several scholars, the Tusculum Bust is the only extant portrait of Julius Gaius Cæsar IV made during his lifetime. The Tusculum Portrait, also called the Tusculum Bust, is one of the two accepted portraits of Julius Gaius Cæsar IV, alongside the Chiaramonti Cæsar, which were made before the beginning of the Roman Empire. 15 March 44 B.C.), 'the dictator', son of Gaius Julius Cæsar III 'the Elder', grandson of Gaius Julius Cæsar II ( prætor urbanus) and great grandson of Gaius Julius Cæsar I 'the historian'. It was the full name ( tria nomina) of Gaius Julius Cæsar IV (12 July 100 B.C. " Journalism And Mass Communication-Volume I." Oxford, England: Eolss Publishers Co Ltd.Gaius Julius Cæsar was the name of several members of the gens Julia in ancient Rome. "Ancient Rome's Daily Gazette." Journalism History 2:4(1975):106. "Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome." New York: Wiley, 2004. Written in 59 BCE, the law restricted the number of gifts that a magistrate could receive during his term in a province and ensured that governors had their accounts balanced when they left. Caesar's extortion law remained a fundamental guide for the conduct of Roman magistrates for at least the next five centuries. Caesar's Lex Iulia De Repetundis (The Extortion Law of the Julians) was not the first law against extortion: that is generally cited as the Lex Bembina Repetundarum, and usually attributed to Gaius Gracchus in 95 BCE.
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