Julius Caesar Pen Holder and Pencil Holder Desktop Organizer

Julius Caesar statue modeled upon the famous bust in the British Museum. Assassinated by his rivals in 43 BC, this statue is a play upon that assassination with your pens and pencils acting as the knives in the back of Julius. History of Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar, one of the world’s greatest military leaders, was born into a senatorial, patrician family and was the nephew of another famous Roman general, Marius. After the death of Marius and the rise of Sulla, Caesar’s life was for a time in jeopardy, but in the early 60s b.c. he launched his own successful political and military career. Rising rapidly, he campaigned successfully for the consulship in 60 b.c. and struck a deal with two of Rome’s leading figures, Pompey the Great and Crassus. Together the three of them became known as the First Triumvirate and controlled Rome throughout the 50s b.c., until Caesar and Pompey, after Crassus’s death, went to war against one another in 49 b.c. Did You Know? Unlike in the Shakespeare