09-06-2015, 11:00 PM
The reason I asked is that-well given the proximity he was to his enemies in the field of battle I am utterly amazed that no scratch or wound is ever documented in his or other writings? (Commentarii de Bello Gallico and Commentarii de Bello Civili [all english translations-hardbook and KINDLE])
Battle of Alesia he rides close to his legions to give encouragement.
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Battle of Munda he is in the thick of it to rally his men
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At the debacle at Dyrrhachium-not even a scratch-Though his bodyguard step into protect him from a panicked legionnaire.
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The coin image supposedly shows scars from neck wounds. I am unfamiliar with how he got neck wounds. Yet a GOOGLE search does uncover several Julius Caesar profiles with these scars?/furrows?/ sinew? If you input Julius Caesar coin in GOOGLE search.
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Maybe not being wounded led to his fatal hubris at being untouchable.
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Battle of Alesia he rides close to his legions to give encouragement.
[attachment=12762]TWRII_CIG_Campaign_Alesia.jpg[/attachment]
Battle of Munda he is in the thick of it to rally his men
[attachment=12759]Munda.jpg[/attachment]
At the debacle at Dyrrhachium-not even a scratch-Though his bodyguard step into protect him from a panicked legionnaire.
[attachment=12758]CeasarandGermanicBodyguard.jpg[/attachment]
The coin image supposedly shows scars from neck wounds. I am unfamiliar with how he got neck wounds. Yet a GOOGLE search does uncover several Julius Caesar profiles with these scars?/furrows?/ sinew? If you input Julius Caesar coin in GOOGLE search.
[attachment=12760]caesardictquart_boston.jpg[/attachment]
Maybe not being wounded led to his fatal hubris at being untouchable.
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-Rod Dickson
