Julius Caesar

Also known as: Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar
Dates: 100–44 BC
Role: Roman dictator, conqueror

Roman dictator and conqueror. Lacordaire asks: "What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Lacordaire asks: "What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"
"What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Named from the full head of hair with which he was born
"Caesar from the full head of hair (caesaries) with which he is reported to have been born"