{"id":72150,"date":"2022-07-05T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=72150"},"modified":"2022-07-04T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T14:04:56","slug":"julius-caesar-and-the-city-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/07\/05\/julius-caesar-and-the-city-of-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Caesar and the City of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9_Rl8jHd1w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>toldinstone<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 May 2021<\/p>\n<p>Julius Caesar was not only a gifted general and fiercely ambitious politician. He was also a great builder, who reshaped the heart of Rome in his own image. <\/p>\n<p>For much more on Caesar and his successors, check out my book <em>Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmNMMDdYWndOV192d0RlNmc2Q2lUelVJc3liUXxBQ3Jtc0tuZ2hzMjZLcDA4VUhQYms4Z3VnNkswaklla1pyQ3BQa2MwTHQ3YmFPMk9zbHlkN1hVVHFQaUVBd0tmd292dW84cEVFZzQ0cFAzRE9ScW5HajB2QnVtYlU0SnNQaHpEdVR5SUkwNzJRM1NJSjRydVFUaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FNaked-Statues-Fat-Gladiators-Elephants%2Fdp%2F1633887022\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Naked-Statues-&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re so inclined, you can follow me elsewhere on the web:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/toldinstone\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/toldinstone<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmJaMWJXT1RyUkxzLW5XV2FVbFU5OEk5Mi0xQXxBQ3Jtc0trNXlCWjR2aTFpTnV3UWNOZWxTZHhNbkV3ZW5CeFFfR3k3bklPSTQzU1VfanpyZjNycS00OTZjTnUzVEt5M2RmaTAzeFhwWng2Z29GaVRRUFB6NkExY29CWG5EU0ZfaFBDNnVfaVZQNUVoVWs3QmFtNA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FAskHistorians%2Fwiki%2Fprofiles%2Ftoldinstone\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskHistorian&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toldinstone\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toldinstone\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3lIc0JrLW41WVQ2WG9lTFZVSmQyQVZ6UkF4Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsMmplaEJGcGVtSXpSZk9CTUN3WkRYVUlOMFBmVjQ4YzNHeTVyU1ExQVZFc2pWN3JOQjhQZS1VS0FkMkJWQVl5UXY3TlFKUlh1d0RfYnFFSlBvSmVSMW1WdFg4VHVhRC1GSTIxemlfNnV1cl9nSXRyZw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fauthor%2Fshow%2F20993845.Garrett_Ryan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:00 Introduction<br \/>\n1:29 The Forum in Caesar&#8217;s time<br \/>\n3:30 Caesar&#8217;s new forum<br \/>\n4:42 The Temple of Venus <em>Genetrix<\/em><br \/>\n5:37 The <em>Basilica Julia<\/em><br \/>\n6:10 The <em>Curia<\/em> and <em>Rostra<\/em><br \/>\n6:57 Dedication games<br \/>\n8:02 Caesar the god<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-10-03-41-Julius-Caesar-and-the-City-of-Rome-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>toldinstone Published 14 May 2021 Julius Caesar was not only a gifted general and fiercely ambitious politician. He was also a great builder, who reshaped the heart of Rome in his own image. For much more on Caesar and his successors, check out my book Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,7,339,11],"tags":[1111,855,1345,561],"class_list":["post-72150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","category-italy","category-religion","tag-juliuscaesar","tag-polytheism","tag-romanrepublic","tag-rome"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-iLI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74795,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72150\/revisions\/74795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}