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Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who has had his name associated with various places, monuments, ships, objects, and concepts. This list covers a variety of places, objects, and structures that have been named after him.

Geographic locations

• Cáceres, Spain - The name Cáceres is believed to have evolved from the Latin name Norba Caesarina [es], which was founded in honor of Caesar.
• Casares, Málaga - According to a legend, Caesar founded the city after curing his skin condition by bathing in the thermal baths of La Hedionda.

  

• Friuli-Venezia Giulia - The name Friuli originates from the Latin term Forum Julii ('Julius' forum'), a Roman-era commercial hub that corresponds to the modern city of Cividale.
• Forum Julli (mod - Fréjus) - It is located at the mouth of the Argens valley and was founded or expanded by Julius Caesar around 49 BC as a market and provisioning center.
• Julian Alps - These are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia, named after Caesar perhaps due to a road built by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus.

Time-keeping

• Julian calendar - The calendar introduced by Caesar in 45 BC was named in his honor. It reformed the Roman calendar to align more closely with the solar year.
• Julian day - It is a continuous count of days from the beginning of the Julian period.
• Julian Period - It is a chronological system introduced by Joseph Scaliger, a classical scholar, in 1583, combining three cycles to count years continuously over 7,980 years.
• Julian year (astronomy) - Julian year (symbol: a or a_j) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of 86,400 seconds each. The length of the Julian year is the average length of the year in the Julian calendar.
• July - It is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, originally known as Quintilis (Latin for five), the month was renamed to July by the Roman Senate in honor of Caesar in 44 BC, as it was the month of his birth.

Buildings and monuments

• Basilica Julia - It is present in the Roman Forum and was named after Caesar, who initiated its construction in 54 BC. The basilica was designed to serve as a public building for legal and commercial proceedings.
• Caesareum of Alexandria - It is a temple believed to be built by Queen Cleopatra VII in honor of Caesar.
• Caesar's Rhine bridges - These were the first two bridges on record to cross the Rhine river, were built by Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War in 55 BC and 53 BC.
• Caesar's tower - It is located in Coventry Castle, is believed to be named after Julius Caesar as Shakespeare alludes to the tradition that Caesar built the Tower of London in his play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar".
• Curia Julia - It is third senate house in the Roman Forum, was named after Caesar, who initiated its construction in 44 BC. Completed by Augustus in 29 BC, it replaced the earlier Curia Hostilia.
• Forum of Caesar - (Latin - forum Iulium) - It was named after Caesar in 54 BC, who initiated its construction to celebrate his military triumphs and provide a space for public affairs.
• Temple of Divus Julius - It was built in the Roman Forum by Augustus in 29 BC. It was dedicated to Caesar following his posthumous deification by the Roman Senate in 42 BC.

Ships

• Italian battleship Giulio Cesare - She was a Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleship of the Regia Marina, was named after Julius Caesar and served from 1914 to 1955, including roles in both World Wars and later as a Soviet training ship.
• HMS Caesar (1896) - She was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, was named after Caesar and served from 1898 to 1921, including roles in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and as a depot ship during World War I.
• HMS Caesar (1793) - She was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Edward Hunt and launched on 16 November 1793 at Plymouth.
• HMS Caesar (R07) - She was C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, commissioned in 1944 and named after Caesar.
• USS Caesar - She was a collier for the United States Navy whose namesake was Caesar and was built in England in 1896 and scrapped in Japan in 1935. In the US Navy she served in various wars like - Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War and World War I.

Celestial bodies

• 18458 Caesar - It is a minor planet discovered by Freimut Börngen at Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in 1995.
• Caesar's Comet - It appeared in 44 BC, following the assassination of Julius Caesar. The Romans believed it symbolized his ascension to divinity, and it was subsequently referred to as "Caesar's Comet" to honor his deification.
• Julius Caesar (crater) - A 85 km (53 mi) wide lunar crater named after Caesar and located to the west of Mare Tranquillitatis, and directly southeast of the crater Manilius on the Mare Vaporum.

Operas and films

• Die Ermordung Cäsars (The Murder of Caesar) - It is a one-act opera by Giselher Klebe, who wrote the libretto based on August Wilhelm von Schlegel's translation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
• Giulio Cesare in Egitto - It is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724 whose plot is loosely based on historical events during the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC.
• Julius Caesar (1950 film) - It is a 1950 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, directed by David Bradley
• Julius Caesar (1953 film) - It is a 1953 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Julius Caesar (1970 film) - It is a 1970 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge.
• Julius Caesar Against the Pirates - It is a 1962 Italian adventure film written and directed by Sergio Grieco which is loosely based on actual events from the early life of Julius Caesar.
• Young Caesar - It is an opera written in 1970 by Lou Harrison which depicting the younger years of Julius Caesar

Paintings

• The Death of Caesar (Gérôme) - It is an 1867 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme that depicts the moment after the assassination of Julius Caesar, when the conspirators are walking away from Caesar's dead body at the Theatre of Pompey, on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC.
• The death of Caesar (Janssens) - It is a painting by Flemish artist Victor Honoré Janssens between 1658 and 1736 which depicts the assassination of Julius Caesar.
• The Death of Julius Caesar (Camuccini) - It is an 1806 painting by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting the assassination of Julius Caesar.

In popular culture

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  Caesar and Cleopatra (play) - It is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
• Caesar and Pompey - It is a Jacobean era stage play, a classical tragedy written by George Chapman.
• Julius Caesar (miniseries) - It is a historical drama named after Caesar. The series portrays key events from his life and rise to power.
• La morte di Cesare (The Death of Caesar) - It is a three-act opera seria by Francesco Bianchi with a libretto by Gaetano Sertor, inspired by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar - It is a historical play and tragedy , written by William Shakespeare, and named after Julius Caesar, whose assassination serves as the central event in the play.
• Caesar (Mercury Theatre) - It was a modern-dress adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, directed by Orson Welles and produced by the Mercury Theatre.
• Chiaramonti Caesar - It is a marble statue of Julius Caesar, located in the Chiaramonti Museum, part of the Vatican Museums
• Julius Caesar (Andrea Ferrucci) - It is a marble statue of Julius Caesar created by the Italian sculptor Andrea Ferrucci in the early 16th century.
• Life of Caesar (Plutarch) - It is a biography of Julius Caesar written in Ancient Greek in the beginning of the 2nd century AD by the Greek moralist Plutarch, as part of his Parallel Lives.

Others

• Amanita caesarea - The common name is derived from the title "Caesar" (originally a family name) of the Roman emperors
• Caesarism - In political science, Caesarism refers to an authoritarian and populist ideology modeled after Julius Caesar's autocratic rule

  

  as Rome's dictator from 49 to 44 BCE.
• Caesarean section - Though popularly believed to be named after Julius Caesar, the term "Caesarean section" actually derives from the Latin caedere, meaning "to cut". The procedure has no historical link to Caesar's birth.
• Caesaropapism - The term "Caesaropapism" is composed of two parts: "Caesar", derived from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, and "Papism".
• Caesar's Cipher - Also known as, Caesar shift, it is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is named after Caesar, who, according to Suetonius, used it with a shift of three (A becoming D when encrypting, and D becoming A when decrypting) to protect messages of military significance.
• Caesar (title) - It is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar.
• Tsar, Kaiser - Titles for emperors in Russia (tsar) and Germany (kaiser) are directly derived from the Roman emperors' title of Caesar.
• Caesarsboom - It is a tree, believed to be over 2000 years old, located in Lo, Belgium, and named after Julius Caesar, who, according to local legend, stopped there during his 55 BC military campaign en route to Britannia

Notes

1. Pronounced /ˈsiːzər/ SEE-zər, Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːi.ʊs ˈjuːliʊs ˈkae̯sar].
2. It is believed to have been initially constructed by Cleopatra VII, in honor of Julius Caesar, but later repurposed by Augustus, possibly to honor himself.

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