THE TRUE FACE OF JULIUS CAESAR

An extraordinary find has been recovered from silt in the riverbed of the Rhone in Arles, southern France.

It is a bust of Julius Caesar, showing the great General as a fifty year old man with a broad head, heavily lined and wrinkled face, and strong neck with a prominent adam’s apple. It is a most realistic and life-like portrayal and contrasts strongly with the busts of Caesar which have been known hitherto – all of which depict him in a stylised and conventional form more suited to a god and were almost certainly created after his death.

For Andante’s travellers joining either: Caesar’s Gallic Wars, or Provence, we suggest you follow this link and get the know the man who changed the face of history. For those following his campaigns during the Gallic Wars, who will come to know the man by his deeds during the course of the holiday, this is a truly wonderful find. Now you may know him better!

Dated 49-46 BC.