Nice try. That’s his surname (or the nearest he had to one, anyway). His family and close intimates would likely have called him Gaius.
He was Gaius Julius Caesar. In modern terms, that’s something like “Gaius, of the Caesarian branch of the Julian clan”.
Augustus wasn’t one of the Caesars; he added the name to his own to give himself a bit more respectability when he had himself made emperor of the erstwhile republic, and it kind of stuck as a title to his successors.
The line should have been Betty saying, “I told him: Juli, don’t go!”
They don’t have much experience with commemorative statuary? That proves they don’t live or work in DC.
I notice Bub didn’t make the same comment to Michelangelo’s David…
fredd13 almost 7 years ago
Nice try. That’s his surname (or the nearest he had to one, anyway). His family and close intimates would likely have called him Gaius.
He was Gaius Julius Caesar. In modern terms, that’s something like “Gaius, of the Caesarian branch of the Julian clan”.
Sephten almost 7 years ago
Augustus wasn’t one of the Caesars; he added the name to his own to give himself a bit more respectability when he had himself made emperor of the erstwhile republic, and it kind of stuck as a title to his successors.
MartinPerry1 almost 7 years ago
The line should have been Betty saying, “I told him: Juli, don’t go!”
ellisaana Premium Member almost 7 years ago
They don’t have much experience with commemorative statuary? That proves they don’t live or work in DC.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I notice Bub didn’t make the same comment to Michelangelo’s David…