Julie Cesar

[Kinderlada]

Does anyone know what was the title of Julie Cesar?

[maurizio]

Emperor General

[Hgrove]

I am sure he was not emperor; Augustus was the first emperor.  If I can find it, I'll post it.

[amarillis]

Hgrove is right, Julius Caesar's great-nephew Octavian became the first Emperor Augustus. After Caesar's death his name was adopted as a title by all the Roman emperors.

 

I think the only titles Gauis Julius Caesar had were Consul, and Dictator of Rome.

[bernardo]

Do you mean Julius Caesar?

He was consul, and later became consul for life (dictator).  He was never emperor; Julius Caesar died in 44BC and the first emperor was Augustus in 27BC.

[Octavius]

Caesar was Governor of Gaul, then Military Tribune, then Curule Aedile (urban magistrate), then Pontifex Maximus (highest of all priests), then Urban Praetor.  At the age of 39 he was elected to consulship (highest and most revered office in the Roman Republic).  At roughly 40 years of age, Caesar had already received the highest political honors the Roman state could offer and his career was just beginning!

 

At the feast of the Lupercal in February, 44, Mark Antony offered Caesar a �crown� (the diadem of the Hellenistic kings). Caesar refused it along with the title of king, but doubts remained that he had personally arranged for the public offer. Some historians think he staged the incident simply to destroy the rumors he desired kingship. As Napoleon noted succinctly, "If Caesar wanted to be king, he would have got his army to acclaim him as such." But doubts still remained.  In 45BC the senate vorted for him to have dictatorship for life and divine worship.....hence, the last dictator of Rome.  He was stabbed to death in 44BC at about the age of 57.

The word 'Caesar' has since became a word used to describe ruler or king, such as tsar, czar etc....

And the month July is named after him as well.  I totally recommend Caesar by Christian Mieir (sp?) for reading up on a truly fascinating historical figure.

 

 

 

 

[Octavius]

Incidentally (Kaiser is another btw)....

 

caesar was the title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea
without their accompanying distinctive proper names.
The Jews paid tribute to Caesar and all Roman citizens had the right of appeal to him. The Caesars referred to in the New Testament are Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius and Nero.