The Emporer Caesar Essay - 1496 Words

The Emporer Caesar The Emperor Julius Caesar is perhaps most famous as the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. His rise from a humble birth as a peasant boy to Emperor is a tale of bravery, adversity and ultimately triumph through faith. Julius Caesar was born as Groyxo Gaul in 54BC into an immigrant family in the back streets of Rome. Neither parent was rich. The German historian Guildo Horn noted: â€Å"Seine Mutter war ein Hamster und sein Vater, der von den Holunderbeeren gerochen wurde.† They were as flotsam and jetsam on the beach. His early years would probably have been spent scavenging on the streets, though this is not certain. Later historians, like Plato re-wrote the histories once he became Emperor as ignoble†¦show more content†¦Shark!† and pointed out of the tent. While Asterix was distracted he swapped the treaties. Asterix didn’t notice till two months later that he had accidentally signed the ‘surrender’ rather than the ‘victory’ document. He only realised when a day-trip, which he was told was to see a flock of interesting pigeons, turned out to be a trick. He was in fact thrown to the Christians in the Coliseum. Aristotle says he died with a s mile on his face, appreciating the practical joke. Julius Caesar was so successful with this trick he played it again and again. The whole of France was captured without a single drop of blood being spilt. To celebrate he changed France’s name to Gaul, after himself. But then he was worried people might think him egotistical, and so this was when he changed his own name to Caesar, because he had ‘Seized’ Gaul. Emboldened by his successes in France which he moved on to Britannia. By now his shark trick was famous and he had to bring along a larger tent to accommodate the audiences that would gather to see it happen. Sadly they were disappointed in Britain. Unfortunately for Caesar the British didn’t know what a shark was, so instead of staring out of the tent, they just stared at his finger. Caesar tried a few times to solve the problem by bringing along a dictionary with him to explain, but the British couldn’t read Latin. In one last attempt in 23BC Caesar brought along a dictionary in English to negotiate with theShow MoreRelatedThe Life of Emperor Nero Essay1744 Words   |  7 PagesEmpire popularity and an alliance which would give them a benefit for a long time. Ultimately it was extremely advantageous and put the Roman Empire in a stronger position. One of the most well known expressions that personify Emperor Nero is the Emporer who â€Å"fiddled while Rome was burning†. This was derived from the event called the Great Fire of Rome which started around the Circus Maximus and lasted between four to five days. It destroyed three districts completely and left great damage in seven