Roman sources, notably Julius Caesar, identify a similar Gaulish figure (Lugus) with Mercury, the god of trade, skills, and messages.
And in 55 and 54 BC Julius Caesar’s territorial stake had also been driven into the tribal lands of southeastern Britain.
When the Romans leveled the city of Carthage in their drive for world conquest, they destroyed alibrary said to have contained more than five hundred thousand volumes. Then came Julius Caesar, whose war against Egypt resulted in the loss of the great library at Alexandria, considered the greatest collection of books in antiquity. With the loss of the Serapeum and the Bruchion branches of that library, a total of up to seven hundred thousand volumes of accumulated knowledge went up in flames.
And in 55 and 54 BC Julius Caesar’s territorial stake had also been driven into the tribal lands of southeastern Britain.
3200 BC: Cessair and followers; 2500 BC: Partholan; 2000 BC: first Nemed invasion; 1500 BC: Fir Bolg (possibly the Belgae of NW Gaul, per Julius Caesar); 1000 BC: Tuatha de Danann; 300 BC: Sons of Mil (Celts, from Spain [possibly Helvetians who had migrated from what is now Switzerland to Northern Spain]);
The Roman Empire was formed in 27 BC after Julius Caesar’s nephew Octavian (Caesar Augustus)had emerged victorious from a series of ruinous civil wars, first primarily between Julius Caesar and his former ally Pompey, and then between Octavian and his former ally Mark Antony.
Before hisassassination in 44 BC by a group of senators hoping to restore the republic, Julius Caesar had seen to it that his name became so popular that it was used as a title for subsequent rulers; soon the tide Caesar evolved horn being a family name of the Julian clan of Rome to a title held by a Roman emperor.
Then came Julius Caesar, whose war against Egypt resulted in the loss of the great library at Alexandria, considered the greatest collection of books in antiquity.
With Rome: They famously sacked Rome in 390 BCE and later resisted Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE), culminating in the defeat of Vercingetorix at Alesia.
Heroes: Julius Caesar, Augustus
It was exactly like Brutus, the one who really stabbed Julius Caesar.49:05The world has got to know, before Africa is destroyed as she is in the process of being destroyed, the world has got to know what we know.
Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor.
She was famous for her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, both powerful figures in ancient Rome.