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He used therefore to brush forward the hair from the crown of his head, and of all the honors conferred on 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 score exposed to the jibes of his enemies. He was extremely nice in the care of his person, and kept the hair of his head closely cut and had his face smoothly shaved. He was likewise twice seized with the 'falling sickness,' while engaged in active service.

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'He was tall, of a fair complexion, round limbed, rather full faced, with eyes black and piercing he enjoyed excellent health except toward the close of his life when he was subject to sudden fainting fits and disturbances in his sleep. The Roman historian Suetonius provides us with some insight into the character and personality of Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar was a man who changed history. With the strength of his victorious legion backing him up, Julius Caesar marched on the city of Rome and grabbed the reigns of power. He was a brilliant military leader, who over nine years of continuous fighting conquered Gaul adding modern-day France, parts of Switzerland and the Low Countries to Rome's possessions. He was an accomplished writer who eloquently advertised his own achievements. He became a spell-binding orator able to sway others to his will through the force of his words. Caesar's accomplishments in later life were a result of his own unbridled ambition, talent and a little luck. Julius Caesar was in large part responsible for this transition.Īlthough born into a patrician family and therefore assured of elite status in Roman society, his family was at the lower rung of the social ladder without influence and prestige. When he died fifty-six years later, Rome was a dictatorship on its way to becoming an empire. When Julius Caesar was born in the year 100 BC, Rome was a republic.

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