Ancient Literary Works
- Caesar is referred to in some of the poems of Catullus (ca. 84-54 BC)
- He is depicted in Virgil's Aeneid (ca. 29-19 BC), an epic poem about the foundation of Rome
- He appears as a character in Lucan's Pharsalia (AD 61), an epic poem based on Caesar's civil war
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