@postwaste: No, Julius is the family name. To his mother he would have been Gaius, Gaius Iulius Caesar when in trouble (although she might have used something else, because his father was called Gaius Iulius Caesar as well).
I think you're confused. Caesar did not become a title until much later, so in this case, the "Caesarii" are the family of the Iulian line he belonged to.
"Caesares" is the Latin plural for Caesar (the family would be the Iulii Caesares, or if you want to be technical, the Ivlii Caesares), but otherwise you're right
his full name was Gaius Julius Caeasar. His given name was Gaius. His family name was Julius. Caesar is a sort of nickname to differentiate this particular branch of the Julius clan from others, so technically Julius Caesar is his entire last name. Julius is meaningless by itself.
I always though it was a bit funny that Mark Antony was the one Roman who has his name anglosied. Wonder why. Cos of Shakespeare? I mean, his name was Marcus Antonius. And he was a real jerk it seems. Cicero, Pompey, Cato, Brutus etc... WAY more likeable.
Actually, Mark Antony is far from being the only anglicised Roman name. Think of all those names ending in -ianus in Latin and -ian in English, think of Pliny (for Plinius), Virgil (for Vergilius), Ovid (for Ovidius) and doubtless others which I cannot recall now (:
And homerus, hadrianus, euclides aesopes, galenus ow and constantinus. And those are only from this quiz ! So that is 10/24 nearly half is anglicised.
edit I realise now i mentioned both greek and roman, and you didnt say anything about greek. Just for roman it is actually 6/12 that are anglicised in this quiz..
oddly enough "Pompey" is another Anglicized name (from Pompeius). Plenty more are also Anglicized, mostly the Romans that were well known to English speakers in the 17th and 18th century. Virgil, Pliny, Trajan, Hadrian, Octavian, Antony, etc., to say nothing of the Romans whose names are written as they were in Latin but whose common English pronunciation is so far off the original mark, like Cicero (pronounced Kikero in Latin), Porcia (Porkia), Caesar (Kay-sar), etc.
But he was Jewish and initially from Turkey (which back then was a hodge-podge of Mediterranean ethnic groups from what I know). He only spent his last few years in Rome. This quiz only really focuses on people who were born and/or bred in Rome. If the quiz accepted answers from all over the Roman Empire, then Jesus would easily be the most famous "Roman" ever.
It's not that I don't like Shakespeare, but I can never remember who says that sentence... Apart from that, I got everything (though I had to check for that physician we call Galien in French).
As soon as I saw Mark Anthony, I immediately thought Jennifer Lopez. I created a Jennifer Lopez quiz if anyone wants to try it. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/190018/hard-jennifer-lopez-quiz
Same. I find it interesting that the answer is Cato because I personally feel like the Plinys are the more famous Roman Elder/Younger pair. Not an expert on Roman history by any means though, so could be wrong.
The Roman Empire reached its largest extent under Septimius Severus. He was born in Lepcis Magna, North Africa. Mussolini, who wanted to revive the Roman Empire didn't like this and revered Trajan as the emperor under whom the Empire reached its largest extent. Even though Trajan was born in Spain. Probably he was "western" enough for the dictator.
edit I realise now i mentioned both greek and roman, and you didnt say anything about greek. Just for roman it is actually 6/12 that are anglicised in this quiz..
Every
Single
Year!
I do understand adding him though, as he's still famous today.
Fun quiz!
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