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How Cato’s Deadly Rivalry With Caesar Destroyed Rome
The Daily Stoic
Caesar and Cususia
Caesar was nominated by Marius and Cinna to fill a newly vacant priesthood of Jupiter. Only a patrician could hold the post, and like other religious officers, it came with great distinction. Unusually though, this particular priesthood also imposed many taboos on its occupant. The priest of Jupiter was forbidden to mount a horse or spend more than a night away from Rome or gaze upon a dead body. For anyone familiar with Caesar's later record of conquest, the thought of him assuming this post is unfathomable.
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