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Is there a stylistic reason why the article uses the cognomen "Caesar" instead of his family name + cognomen "Julius Caesar"? Nivla (talk) 09:16, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is shorter. There is no actual benefit in terms of disambiguation from using "Julius Caesar" since during his lifetime essentially every person with the name Caesar is also a member of the Julii. Ifly6 (talk) 09:19, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Republican calendar is twice called "lunisolar" in the article, but this really isn't accurate--the Republican calendar didn't even try to synch its months with the moon. It shows descent from some earlier undocumented lunisolar calendar, but that wasn't what the Julian calendar replaced. 130.44.180.27 (talk) 00:53, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rationale already posted here for use of the Tusculum portrait over the Chiaramonti type. Talk:Julius Caesar/Archive 7#Image reversion, September 2024. The same arguments apply even more strongly for fantasy post-classical portraits. Separately, this is the second – 1, 2 – time you've tried adding this image (improperly with a thumbnail frame) to the infobox. Please desist. Ifly6 (talk) 15:03, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Putting aside basic guidelines like WP:LEADIMAGE, I thought this was also just common sense, which now seems to be in short supply! ;) The Tusculum portrait is of course not flashy or very aesthetic like the Chairamonti bust, or the Green Caesar for that matter, but it's authentic, contemporary (i.e. Caesar's lifetime, not posthumous), and backed by scholarly consensus. Keeping it in the lead is a no-brainer here I would say. Pericles of AthensTalk00:36, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This coin is currently included in Julius Caesar's article. The coin is historically important because he is identified there as dictator quartum ("DICT QVART"), rather than dictator perpetuo (the more famous title, as we know), thus bearing witness to a sort of transitional period in Caesar’s life. Without a mention of this fact in the caption, including this coin is not very meaningful. Writing this note as a TODO for myself and for anyone interested in contributing. By the way, happy Kalends of March everybody! Yigit Kilicoglu (talk) 20:38, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done No source provided indicating that this is commonly used for him. NebY (talk) 08:50, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
