Nicomedes IV of Bithynia and Julius Caesar #caesar

There were rumors of allegations of Nicomedes IV and Julius Caesar being lovers, and this video will address them. This is the final part of my series on Nicomedes IV of Bithynia's relations with Rome. #caesar #romans #bithynia

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Background
1:32 Allegations
3:14 Final Thoughts

Music Credits:
Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Photo Credits:
Roman asia, eve of First Mithridatic war- Ilfy6, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Bithynia - king Nikomedes IV - 94-74 BC - silver tetradrachm - head of Nikomedes IV - Zeus - München SMS 01- ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Gaius Memmius Threptos (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, 2-12-2023- George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Sources:
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-Goldsworthy, Adrian- Caesar: Life of a Colossus, (Yale University Press, 2006)
-(Ed.)Griffin, Miriam- A Companion to Julius Caesar, (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
-Plutarch- Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, trans. by Robin Waterfield, (Oxford University Press, 1999)
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-Stevenson, Tom- Julius Caesar and the Transformation of the Roman Republic, (Routledge, 2015)
-Suetonius- Lives of the Caesars, trans. by Catherine Edwards, (Oxford University Press, 2000)