In Ancient Rome, several men of the Julii Caesares family were named Lucius Julius Caesar. Distinct by their praenomen, "Lucius", none of these members of the Julii Caesares family can be confused with their distant relative and much more famous Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman who conquered Gaul, became dictator for life, and then was murdered by Roman senators.
Read more about Lucius Julius Caesar: Lucius Julius Caesar I, Lucius Julius Caesar II, Lucius Julius Caesar III, Lucius Julius Caesar IV, Lucius Julius Caesar V, Lucius Caesar
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“Men’s minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“It does not disturb me that those whom I pardon are said to have deserted me so that
they might again bring war against me. I prefer nothing more than that I should be true to
myself and they to themselves.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)