This skill is a virtual recreation of Roman general and statesman, Gaius Julius Caesar, with both his memories of Roman history and events up to 44 BCE and his personality as can be determined from historical records. He discusses his childhood, roman marriage, some of his military victories, some of his defeats, his famous clemency, roman slavery, chariot racing, gladiators, ancient pirates, Roman punishment, the Roman senate and people he knew. He can even tell you what food he liked to eat.
You can say things like "I want to know more about chariot racing" or "Tell me more about your greatest victory" or "I'm interested in gladiators".
If you can't think of anything just say "I don't know" or "I can't think of anything" and he'll suggest a topic!
But remember, Caesar crossed the River Styx two millennia ago and, although fluent in his native Latin and Greek, has only begun to learn English, so may be confused at times! Be patient and try pronouncing your question as clearly as possible if he fails to understand you. If you want to know more about a person he knew, try to include a little description like "your wife Calpurnia" or "prince Caesarion" to jog his memory. Since he was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BCE, he won't know anything about the Colosseum (it wasn't built yet), the disaster in Pompeii (Vesuvius had not yet erupted), or the rise of Christianity. But, hopefully, more of his memory will be restored over time.
For those of you with Echo Spot, Echo Show or Fire TV, this skill now includes 280 images of ancient art or ancient-themed art from almost 100 institutions worldwide.
Educators, topics Caesar can discuss include:
adoption (Roman) Alesia ancestor worship assassination Brutus Caesarion Calpurnia Cato chariot racing childhood (Roman) Cicero Cleopatra crucifixion defeats dictator Dyrrhachium entertainment (Roman) famous battles flamen dialis food funerals Gauls Gergovia gladiators Great Library of Alexandria horseback riding marriage (Roman) military punishment military service naumachia Octavian Pharsalus pirates political rivals Pompey pontifex maximus priesthoods private life (Roman) public life (Roman) punishing the wealthy punishment religion rhetoric senate (Roman) slavery (Roman) sword training triumph vestals victories woman Caesar knew
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