c. AD 120

Suet. Jul. 10.1

The Life of Julius Caesar 10.1

Author
Suetonius
Translator
J. C. Rolfe

The Life of Julius Caesar

10.1

Suetonius

translated by J. C. Rolfe

10When aedile, Caesar decorated not only the Comitium and the Forum with its adjacent basilicas, but the Capitol as well, building temporary colonnades for the display of a part of his material. He exhibited combats with wild beasts and stage-plays too, both with his colleague and independently. The result was that Caesar alone took all the credit even for what they spent in common, and his colleague Marcus Bibulus openly said that his was the fate of Pollux: “For,” said he, “just as the temple erected in the Forum to the twin brethren, bears only the name of Castor, so the joint liberality of Caesar and myself is credited to Caesar alone.”