Julius Caesar: True or False

At the age of 25, Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates whilst sailing for a Greek island.

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Caesar liked to have cool, fresh food on the battlefield, and particularly liked chicken, parmesan and salad leaves. After his death, his favorite meal became known as the Caesar salad.

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The Romans used to think there were 355 days in the year. This left them 10 and 1/4 days short, and people would get very confused. Caesar reformed this system, saying there should be 365 days in a year, and a leap year every four years. This was called the Julien calendar.

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Caesar had a very complicated love life. He married three times, usually used to get power While married to his third wife, he met the beautiful Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and with her he had a son.

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When Julius Caesar was born, he had to be cut from his mother’s stomach. This method of child birth became known as a ‘Caesarean section’.

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Caesar could be very cruel on the battlefield. Whilst fighting in the conquest of Gaul, Caesar surrounded an enemy army and prevented them from gaining water. Just when they were close to dying of thirst, he ordered all of their hands be chopped off.

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Caesar had a famously large nose, and was extremely strong. He would often lead the charge into battle with his own men, and was said to be able to crush an apple in one hand.

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Julius Caesar invaded the United States, defeated its population of Native Americans, and managed to take it for the Roman Empire. This was the origin of his famous saying, ‘veni, vidi, vici’, meaning ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.

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• False