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	Caesar was married three times, and had several female lovers, famously including Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. He was also said to have had male lovers, including King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. Suetonius says that in Caesar's Gallic triumph, his soldiers sang that, "Caesar may have conquered the Gauls, but Nicomedes conquered Caesar."<ref name="Suet.1.49">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#49 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 49</ref>		Caesar was married three times, and had several female lovers, famously including Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. He was also said to have had male lovers, including King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. Suetonius says that in Caesar's Gallic triumph, his soldiers sang that, "Caesar may have conquered the Gauls, but Nicomedes conquered Caesar,"<ref name="Suet.1.49">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius.html#49 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 49.</ref> and that he was referred to as "Every woman's man and every man's woman."<ref name="Suet.1.52">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius.html#49 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 52.</ref>

	The poet Catullus wrote two poems suggesting that Caesar and his engineer Mamurra were lovers,<ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/029x.html Catullus, ''Carmina'' 29</ref><ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/057x.html 57 Catullus, ''Carmina'' 57</ref> but later apologised.<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#73 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 73</ref>		The poet Catullus wrote two poems suggesting that Caesar and his engineer Mamurra were lovers,<ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/029x.html Catullus, ''Carmina'' 29</ref><ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/057x.html 57 Catullus, ''Carmina'' 57.</ref> but later apologised.<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#73 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 73.</ref>

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	[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif\|thumb\|Bust of Caesar in the [[British Museum]]]]'''Gaius Julius Caesar''' (100 BC–44 BC) was a Roman military leader, politician, and writer. From 49 BC to his death he was the effective sole ruler of Rome and instituted many reforms including a revised calendar very similar to that still used today. He was assassinated by a group of conspirators on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC. After his death he was proclaimed a god by the Senate. The series of wars following his death led ultimately to the emergence of Caesar's adopted son Octavian as the first Roman Emperor under the name of Augustus.		[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif\|thumb\|Bust of Caesar in the [[British Museum]]]]'''Gaius Julius Caesar''' (100 BC–44 BC) was a Roman military leader, politician, and writer. From 49 BC to his death he was the effective sole ruler of Rome and instituted many reforms including a revised calendar very similar to that still used today. He was assassinated by a group of conspirators on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC. After his death he was proclaimed a god by the Senate. The series of wars following his death led ultimately to the emergence of Caesar's adopted son Octavian as the first Roman Emperor under the name of Augustus.

			==British connection==

	In 55 BC and again in 54 BC, Caesar invaded Britain, as described in his book ''De Bello Gallico'' ("''On the Gallic War''").		In 55 BC and again in 54 BC, Caesar invaded Britain, as described in his book ''De Bello Gallico'' ("''On the Gallic War''").

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[[File:C. Julius-Caesar (British Museum).gif|thumb|Bust of Caesar in the [[British Museum]]]]'''Gaius Julius Caesar''' (100 BC–44 BC) was a Roman military leader, politician, and writer. From 49 BC to his death he was the effective sole ruler of Rome and instituted many reforms including a revised calendar very similar to that still used today. He was assassinated by a group of conspirators on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC. After his death he was proclaimed a god by the Senate. The series of wars following his death led ultimately to the emergence of Caesar's adopted son Octavian as the first Roman Emperor under the name of Augustus.

In 55 BC and again in 54 BC, Caesar invaded Britain, as described in his book ''De Bello Gallico'' ("''On the Gallic War''").

==LGBT History==

Caesar was married three times, and had several female lovers, famously including Queen Cleopatra of Egypt. He was also said to have had male lovers, including King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. Suetonius says that in Caesar's Gallic triumph, his soldiers sang that, "Caesar may have conquered the Gauls, but Nicomedes conquered Caesar."<ref name="Suet.1.49">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#49 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 49</ref>

The poet Catullus wrote two poems suggesting that Caesar and his engineer Mamurra were lovers,<ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/029x.html Catullus, ''Carmina'' 29</ref><ref>http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/VRomaCatullus/057x.html 57 Catullus, ''Carmina'' 57</ref> but later apologised.<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#73 Suetonius, ''Julius'' 73</ref>

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