Réplique de l'épée de Jules César, époque romaine, Ier siècle av. J.-C. 74 cm

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Explanation of Roman Sword from the time of Julius Caesar, 1st century BC 74 cm, Decorative weapon without edge

Cayo Julio César (Gaius Iulius Caesar; Rome, Italy, July 13, 100 BC - Ibid, March 15, 44 BC) was a military and political leader of the late-republican era.

Born in the heart of the Iulia gens, in a patrician family of little fortune, he was related to some of the most influential men of his time, such as his uncle Cayo Mario, who would influence his political career in a decisive way. In 84 a. C., at age 16, the popular Cinna named him flamen dialis, a religious position from which he was relieved by Sila, with whom he had conflicts because of his marriage to Cinna's daughter. After escaping death at the hands of the dictator's hitmen, he was forgiven thanks to the intercession of his mother's relatives. Moved to Asia, he fought in the Third Mithratic War as legatus of Marco Minucio Termo. He returned to Rome at the death of Sila in 78 a. C., practicing law for a while. In 73 a. C. he succeeded his uncle Cayo Aurelio Cotta as a pontiff, and soon entered into relationship with the consuls Pompey and Crassus, whose amicitia would allow him to launch his own political career. In 70 a. C. César served as a quaestor in the province of Hispania and as mayor curul in Rome. During the performance of that magistracy he offered shows that were remembered for a long time by the people.

In 63 a. C. praetor urbanus was elected by obtaining more votes than the other candidates for the pretura. That same year died Quinto Cecilio Metelo Pío, Pontifex Maximus appointed during the dictatorship of Sila, and, in the elections held in order to replace him, César won. At the end of his pretura he served as a propretor in Hispania, where he led a brief campaign against the Lusitanians. In 59 a. C. was elected consul thanks to the support of his two political allies, Pompey and Crassus, the men with whom César formed the so-called First Triumvirate. His colleague during the consulate, Biempo, withdrew in order to hinder the work of César, who, however, managed to carry out a series of legal measures, including an agrarian law that regulated the distribution of land among veteran soldiers.

After his consulate he was appointed proconsul of the provinces of Transalpine Gaul, Iliria and Cisalpine Gaul; the latter after the death of its governor, Céler. His government was characterized by a very aggressive policy in which he submitted almost all Celtic peoples in several campaigns. This conflict, known as the Gallic War, ended when the Republican general defeated the last foci of opposition in the Battle of Alesia, led by an Arverno chief named Vercingétorix. His conquests extended Roman rule over the territories that today make up France, Belgium, Holland and part of Germany. He was the first Roman general to penetrate the unexplored territories of Britain and Germania.

While César finished organizing the administrative structure of the new province that had annexed the Republic, his political enemies in Rome tried to strip him of his army and office using the Senate, in which they were a majority. César, knowing that if he entered the capital he would be tried and exiled, he tried to present himself to the consulate in absentia, to which most of the senators refused. This and other factors prompted him to challenge the senatorial orders and star in the famous Rubicon crossing, where he apparently pronounced the immortal phrase "Alea iacta est" (the die is cast) thus initiating a conflict known as the Second Civil War of the Republic from Rome, in which he faced the optimates, who were led by his old ally, Pompey. His victory, based on the defeats he inflicted on conservatives in Farsalia, Tapso and Munda, made him the master of the Republic. The fact that he was at war with half of the Roman world did not prevent him from confronting Farnaces II in Zela and the enemies of Cleopatra VII in Alexandria. Upon his return to Rome, he was appointed consul and dictator perpetual - life dictator - and initiated a series of economic, urban and administrative reforms.


Although under his government the Republic experienced a brief period of great prosperity, some senators saw César as a tyrant who sought to restore the monarchy. In order to eliminate the threat posed by the dictator, a group of senators made up of some of his trusted men such as Brutus and Cassius and former lieutenants such as Trebonius and Tenth Brutus, plotted a conspiracy in order to eliminate it. This plot culminated when, in the IDs of March, the conspirators murdered César in the Senate.

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Measures: 74 cm
Weight: 2,545 g
Period: Antiquity until s. SAW
Collectible Type: Swords
Material: Black lined Metal and Plastic
Colors: Brown