Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

Gaius Julius Caesar is marching southbound to the river Rubicon with an army. He pauses. To cross this river and move into Italy would amount to insurrection. Treason against the republic.

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His real name was Gaius Caesar. But ... †Practically all the Julian clan had unbalanced minds. Julius Caesar, Augustus’ uncle, had epilepsy.