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Aedes Divi Iulii: Julius Caesar and His Times
For discussion of the life of Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, and Rome in his time.

Caesar's Contemporaries (8 threads, 728 posts)
    Gaius Marius, 156-86 BC (25 posts)
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    Until Caesar surpassed him, Gaius Marius, seven times Consul of Rome, was the greatest general and political force of his time. His conflicts with Sulla, however, helped rend the Republic. ...
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    Sulla Caesar's uncle?
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    Author: * Heraklia Aelius - 6 Posts on this thread out of 7,266 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Apr 15, 2004 - 23:16

    Sheesh . . . if it were true that Sulla's first wife was a Julian, that would make him Caesar's uncle by marriage. SURELY someone would have noted that, in view of the fact there was a very real possibility he wanted the lad quite dead at one point? Of course, it might also make a great deal of sense as to why Caesar was, in fact, reprieved, when so many others were not. But it would surely cast his relationships into high relief, not to mention - having Gaius Marius as one uncle, and Sulla the other?

    *holds head in hands*


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