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The title caesar continued to be used, but now merely as a ceremorial honorific for young heirs. Constantine had four caesares at the time of his death: his sons Constantius II , Constantine II , Constans and his nephew Dalmatius , with his eldest son Crispus having been executed in mysterious circumstances earlier in his reign.
Caesar is considered by many historians to be one of the greatest military commanders in history. [4] His cognomen was subsequently adopted as a synonym for "Emperor"; the title "Caesar" was used throughout the Roman Empire, giving rise to modern descendants such as Kaiser and Tsar. He has frequently appeared in literary and artistic works.
De vita Caesarum (Latin; lit. "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars or The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
Both his adoptive surname, Caesar, and his title augustus became the permanent titles of the rulers of the Roman Empire for fourteen centuries after his death, in use both at Old Rome and at New Rome. In many languages, Caesar became the word for emperor, as in the German Kaiser and in the Bulgarian and subsequently Russian Tsar (sometimes Csar ...
Ptolemy XV Caesar [b] (/ ˈ t ɒ l əm i /; Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Καῖσαρ, Ptolemaios Kaisar; 47 BC – late August 30 BC), [2] nicknamed Caesarion (Greek: Καισαρίων, Kaisaríōn, "Little Caesar"), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra VII from 2 September 44 BC until her death by 12 August 30 BC, then as sole ruler until his ...
Caesaropapism—The term is composed of two parts: Caesar, a title, and Papism. [127] [128] Caesarean section—Though often thought to be named after Julius Caesar, the term may instead derive from the Latin verb caedare, meaning "to cut", or from Lex Caesarea, formerly Lex Regia. [129] [130] [c]
Caesar!, a British series of radio plays by Mike Walker The Caesars (TV series) , a 1968 British television series Dr.Caesar Salazar, supporting character of 2010 Cartoon Network show Generator Rex , in which he is the title character's long-lost elder brother
The Ottoman Sultan Fâtih Sultan Mehmed also took the title Kayser-i Rum (Caesar of Rome, meaning the Eastern Roman Empire) after conquering Constantinople, modern Istanbul, on May 29, 1453. The British monarchs also used the title Kaisar-i-Hind or Emperor of India during the late 19th and early 20th-century.