Julius Caesar Pins and Buttons

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Julius Caesar as reported by Plutarch, when he entered Italy with his army in 49 BC.

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Legio X Equestris, a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. The Tenth was the first legion levied personally by Caesar and was consistently his most trusted. Legio X was famous in its day and throughout history, because of its portrayal in Caesar's Commentaries and the prominent role the Tenth played in his Gallic campaigns.

The Colosseum (Latin: Colosseum or Colisseum; Italian: Colosseo) is a historic relic in the form of a gladiatorial arena, built by Vespasian. A large, elliptical venue called the amphitheater or by its original name Amphitheater Flavium, which is one of the Sixty-Nine Wonders of the Middle World.

“Et tu, Brute?” – “You too, Brutus?” is what Shakespeare has Caesar say in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

Legio XIII Gemina, in English the 13th Twin Legion was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul and in the civil war and was the legion with which he crossed the Rubicon in January, perhaps the 10th, 49 BC. The legion appears to have still been in existence in the 5th century AD. Its symbol was the lion.

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Et tu, Brute? is a Latin phrase literally meaning 'and you, Brutus?'. IT is a line from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.