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Caesar or C�sar may refer to the following:

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* 1 Ancient Rome
* 2 Cuisine
* 3 Culture
* 4 Fictional characters
* 5 Military
* 6 People
* 7 Places
* 8 Science
* 9 See also

[edit] Ancient Rome

The origin of the name has been much disputed, even in antiquity. It is probably
not related to the root "to cut", a possible etymology for Caesarian section.

It was borne by many members of the ancient Roman Gens Julia, most famously

* Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC�44 BC) Roman general and dictator, hence
o Julius Caesar (play), a tragedy by William Shakespeare
o Julius Caesar (mini), a 2002 mini-series about Caesar, directed by Uli
Edel
o Caesar (novel), an historical novel by Colleen McCullough
* Gaius Julius Caesar (proconsul of Asia, 90s BC), father of the dictator
* Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman Emperor, nephew and adoptive
son of the dictator
* Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, fourth Roman Emperor of the
Julio-Claudian dynasty
* Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus),
fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

* Other members of the Julii Caesares, the family from which the dictator came

Other ancient references to the name include

* Caesar (title), a title used by Roman Emperors and also Ottoman Turkish
Emperors, related as well to "Tsar", "Kaiser" and "Kaisar"
* Lives of the Twelve Caesars, a book written by Suetonius on Julius Caesar
and the eleven emperors after him
* Caesar!, a series of plays on BBC Radio 4 written by Mike Walker, each
looking at a different Roman ruler.[citation needed]

[edit] Cuisine