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Why will we never forget Caesar?

Everyone has heard about the deeds of Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC), we all know about his victorious campaigns against the Gauls and Germans, about the landing of Roman legionnaires under his command in Britain, about the numerous wars that he waged and battles, in which he took part, about his love for the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra.

For example, in 47 BC, Caesar won a brilliant victory over a certain Pharnaces, the son of the Pontic king Mithridates, the implacable enemy of the Romans. This Pharnaces, at the decisive moment of his father's battle with the Romans, treacherously betrayed him. Desperate, Mithridates committed suicide. Caesar, who was then in Egypt, opposed Pharnaces. He was frightened and sent ambassadors to Caesar to conclude peace. He was brought a golden wreath and even offered to be engaged to the daughter of Pharnak. Caesar calmly listened to the messengers, while continuing to move with his army to the fortifications of Farnak. Seeing his opponent, Caesar, exclaiming: "Is it possible that this parricide will not receive punishment immediately?" - rushed to the attack, put Farnak to flight and killed most of his army. The campaign lasted only 5 days, which allowed Caesar to write to one of his friends in Rome: "I came, I saw, I conquered!" ("Veni, vidi, vici!" in Latin).

But not only thanks to winged words, we cannot forget Julius Caesar. The fact is that, in addition to the fact that at all times it was difficult to find an equally bright and amazing personality, the Julian calendar familiar to us was introduced by him. True, we now live according to the Gregorian style, which differs only in the number of leap years. The month of July is also named after Caesar's family name. The Russian word "tsar" was borrowed by Ivan the Terrible from the name of Caesar. And the German word "Kaiser" is a distorted "Caesar", and Caesar is also Caesar. Agree, in history there was no case that the name of one person for two thousand years was used by different nations to designate the head of state.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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